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From: fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO/vpix or uPort/Merge ?
Keywords: SCO Microport VP/ix Merge
Message-ID: <1391@ssc.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 88 20:12:26 GMT
References: <475@athen.sinix.UUCP>
Organization: Slugland, USA
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In article <475@athen.sinix.UUCP>, prott@sinix.UUCP (Andreas Prott) writes:
> The company I'm doing some programming stuff for wants to
> invest some money into a new computer system (80386). They want to
> combine the advantages of XENIX (they already have an informix
> database on an Altos 586 under Xenix 3.0b) and DOS (Desktop
> Publishing, business graphics).

> So my questions to the net are:
> 	- has anybody made experiences with the combinations
> 	  SCO/VPix or Microport/Merge with MS-Windows (+PageMaker)
> 	  or GEM (+Ventura)? Are there any problems?
> 	- the Microport solution is much cheaper than SCO. What about
> 	  the quality?

I suggest you get a copy of he August issue of MicroSystems Journal.
There is a comparison article (written by me) on all the 386 *IX/DOS
combinations.  This should give you the basic info.  I would like to
point out that SCO still doesn't have the 'real' version released but
it is supposed to be out there any day.

I have not tried it but SCO claims that windows works fine under their
flavor of VP/ix.  And Aldus claims that "if windows works, Pagemaker
will work".

Hope this helps.

Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155  (206)FOR-UNIX
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