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From: Dion_L_Johnson@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: motives for AT&T, etc (was re: att & osf)
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Date: 4 Aug 88 03:56:17 GMT
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Steve Friedl said:
--In article <12755@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes:
-->       Unix may win out over a technically superior O/S for a particular
-->       application simply because most of the needed software already
-->       exists.
--Wow, I've never heard *that* about UNIX before :-).
--One of the largest complaints about UNIX is that application
--software is *not* available.  We've got compilers but not (say)
--grocery store accounting systems, and there are many more of
--"them" then there are of "us".
---- 
--Steve Friedl    V-Systems, Inc.  +1 714 545 6442    3B2-kind-of-guy
--friedl@vsi.com     {backbones}!vsi.com!friedl    attmail!vsi!friedl

Right now being printed is the new edition of the SCO XENIX System V
Directory - a (more or less) typical catalog of systems and
application programs, hardware, services, consulting, etc. 
for the SCO XENIX environment.  There are
over 1800 software packages including about 80 pages of listings of
accounting packages (it's the largest category).  Watch for an 
official announcement of this book in a few weeks.  You'll be amazed
at the range of commercial (and other) packages available.
Dion L. Johnson 
(in real life: dionj@sco.com.  Disclaimer: Doug made me say it)