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From: rwmira01@ULKYVX.BITNET (Rob Miracle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: 386 and 286 Unix OS's
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Date: 26 May 89 13:41:00 GMT
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In article <[232.1]wek@point.comp.ibmpc;1> wek@point ([Bill Kuykendall]) writes:
>>I need some information of Unix OS's for PCs.  I am probably going to set up
>>multi-USER system for some one.  He has a Gateway 2000 386 machine currently
>
>Hmm... you need to supply a bit more information.  Does this person
>primarily want to run DOS applications?  If so, unix is probably not the way
>to go, if there will be more than 3 users on at a time.
>

No, he is setting up a multi-user information system with all proprietary stuff.

I doubt that there will be much more than line IO (No CURSES etc).  So I am not
to concerned with if it has Xwindows, Dosmerge, and is compliant with such and
such.

What I need is something that will allow multi-users accessing a common
database of information that runs on a 386 machine.  As far as I know, only a
Unix-like OS will work.  MOS-386 is a consideration, but I have zero knowledge
of that (other than it is supposed to be DOS).

>One other thing to consider about unix:  If you aren't already familiar with
>it (read that "a capable system administrator") you'd better set aside about
>6 months to learn it before you allow anyone to become dependent on the
>system.  Unix is *not* a remake of MS-DOS, and minicomputer operating
>systems are not for the timid.

Well, I personally have ran a sizable VAX site (in my real job) and I know some
about Unix.  In other words, I can create accounts, compile programs, use VI,
ls, cat, more, man, etc.  I will need good documentation because when it comes
to writing shell scripts and any thing other than creating an account I know
little about maintaining Unix (though I have some good friends who are unix
hacks to depend on.)

The owner isn't that lucky.  He is a relative computer novice and he will
probably have to contract me to maintain the system.

>Now, to answer your question, I've been using Interactive unix with VP/ix
>(DOS under unix) for several months and like it very much.  Buy it from a
>VAR, because you WILL need support.

Who is VAR?

Thanks,
Rob
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