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From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: XENIX VS Micoport
Message-ID: <8363@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 88 16:21:43 GMT
References: <252@fedeva.UUCP>
Reply-To: davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY
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Keywords: Which to buy??

In article <252@fedeva.UUCP> jbr0871@fedeva.UUCP (Blaine Robertson) writes:
| Our group will soon need to purchase one of these two products.  We have
| no experience in either of these items.  Any recommendations or comments
| would be appreciated.

I have used both of these products for at least a year. I just bought
Xenix/386 for my home system (with my own money, yet) and paid about the
same for the runtime as I would for the entire MicroPort.

MicroPort is ideal for the hobbiest who wants to have an inexpensive
UNIX system. I'm told by MP that the latest version, 2.3, supports use
of the serial ports at speeds greater than 1200bps. The C compiler seems
better, too.

Xenix is a more mature product, and seems much more reliable (in the use
I see here and at home). I have been running Xenix for about 2 years
now, and have *never* had a crash due to software. I run two serial
lines, ethernet, and 100+ MB of disk, so it's not because I don't use
the system.

Xenix allows me to compile programs for DOS, or for smaller machines
running Xenix/XT. This has saved me a lot of time in the past, but it
may not be of value to you.

MP C compiles COFF object modules, and is compatible with the versions
offered by INterActive Systems. I have never worried about compatibility
other than source.

You will have to decide which is more cost effective for you.
-- 
	bill davidsen		(wedu@ge-crd.arpa)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me