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From: mcb@hpfcls.HP.COM (Mike Berry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: hp9000 ser. 500 hpux
Message-ID: <4760005@hpfcls.HP.COM>
Date: 11 Feb 88 15:27:06 GMT
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Organization: HP S300 Kernel Konglomeration
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/ innovus@maccs.UUCP (Anova Corp.) /  5:19 pm  Feb  9, 1988 /

Re: HP9000 series 500 (HP-UX) users:

>	1.) What is the impact of being frozen at 5.2 rather than
>           at say the equivalent of U**x(TM?) V release 3 with
>           such niceties as shared libraries and streams??

	Just thought I would let you know that the s500 has had
	shared libraries since ~4.0.  Libc and some other goodies
	are loaded at powerup (/usr/lib/sslibs/~).  Provisions
	were never made for users in this regard due to the potential
	support problems.

Mike Berry, HP, Ft Collins, CO