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From: bass@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu (Vance Bass)
Newsgroups: comp.unix
Subject: Re: AIX, System V comparision
Keywords: AIX, System V, prejudices
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Date: 12 Jun 89 07:26:52 GMT
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In article <1100@altos86.UUCP> jeff@swusrgrp.UUCP (Jeff Tye sys adm) writes:
>IBM is wasting their time. System V is so far advanced and accepted that
>IBM has no chance of catching up. Unless AIX has some very advanced and
>useful features, it's a waste of everybody's time.

*** flame warning ***
Speaking only for myself, I have to register disgusted surprise at this
comment.  I hate to even give it credibility by treating it seriously,
but there ARE a couple of things which come to mind.
The IBM compilers qualify as very advanced.  I refer interested (and
impartial) readers to the May issue of Unix Review.  AIX PS/2 blows away
the competition (including the other Unix flavors on the same
hardware).  It is also less expensive that the other systems reviewed.
DOS Merge qualifies, too.  OK, I know that everyone has it, but I
believe that it's fair to point out its origin in the Locus project,
source of AIX PS/2 and sponsored by IBM. 
Probably the least tangible (for now, anyway) benefit of AIX is that it
offers an alternative to the tightening noose of AT&T and Sun.  Perhaps
you found it comfortable, but there were plenty of others who didn't
like the way things were headed.  Competition is a Good Thing, inherent
in the Unix market, and certainly a feature of AIX which AT&T is
striving to emulate (at least since OSF turned the heat up...).
*** end flame ***
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Vance Bass			The opinions expressed here are strictly
IBM M&SG			my own, and do not necessarily
Knoxville, TN			represent IBM's views on the subject.