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From: palowoda@fiver.UUCP (Bob Palowoda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Unix
Message-ID: <958@fiver.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 89 07:24:19 GMT
References: <518@s3.ireqs3.UUCP>
Organization: Fiver Communications  Fremont, Ca
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From article <518@s3.ireqs3.UUCP>, by robert@ireqs3.uucp (R.Meunier 8525):
> 
> 
>    I tink were arguing for the wrong point. The problem with UNIX is
> that it is hard to install and manage. The end users sees no difference 
> between UNIX shell and DOS.
>    It take about 30 minutes to install and format with DOS an HDisk but a
> lot more with UNIX with a lot more difficulties

  Pointless argument. I'll admit it takes longer to install UNIX. Mine
came in 34 disks compared too dos's two disk. All's I did was pop the
disk number it asked for after it asked for it. Everything came up
and worked the first time includeing the network and xwindows. Most
likely you can say this when you compare OS/2 to UNIX. By the way
you don't have to install the "whole" unix system. The runtime is nine
disks and takes about 45min to install. Big deal 15min.

  I see a interesting thing happening with OS/2. That is Microsoft
is repeating the same mistakes the SCO did with thier 286 version
of Xenix. You find that developing programs under the 286 version's
of memory management is a looseing game. What amazes me is MS wrote
the first versions of xenix and knew about these problems.

  The bottom line is this. MS will continue to follow the history
patterns of UNIX only changeing the names along the way. So people
will never realize this. Some poeple will refuse to realize this.
Some don't care. And some wont be able to afford UNIX. This is 
where MS is going to make money. Watch in 2 years MS will annouce
a multi-user (maybe OS/3 product). In any event they are going in
the right direction. When OS/2 is up to the current unixies equivalent
architecture it will have the same type of problems and complaints
from the users. The same holds for Xwindows under UNIX. Many of the
unix developers have problems in this area where dos/OS/2 have 
very little.

---Bob
P.S. I use both.

  
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