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From: crum%lipari.usc.edu@oberon.usc.edu (Gary L. Crum)
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Subject: Re: How well do HP and SUN workstations mix
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Date: 8 Feb 89 09:44:14 GMT
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schultz@mmm.serc.3m.com (John C Schultz):
> How close is HP's UNIX to SunOS?

Note that a viable alternative to HP-UX on HP 9000 Series 300 computers is
Utah's port of 4.3BSD+NFS.  Mail hpbsd-dist@cs.utah.edu for more info.

glenn@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Glenn A. Adams):
>to look more similar.  The main complaint with the HPs is the lack of job
>control, i.e., SIGSTOP, SIGCONT, etc.

Yes, HP-UX for HP 9000 Series 300 computers lacked job control signals the
last time I checked (6.0), but HP-UX for HP 9000 Series 800 computers
includes job control signals.

Gary