Xref: utzoo comp.arch:12945 comp.sys.misc:2602 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.sys.misc Subject: Re: WOULD *YOU* BUY A NeXT COMPUTER? (Read even if you wouldn't) Message-ID: Date: 1 Jan 90 04:04:29 GMT References: <317@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> <1TqpCt#6PkSJw=eric@snark.uu.net> <1989Dec22.015032.5863@world.std.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Followup-To: comp.sys.misc Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article <1989Dec22.015032.5863@world.std.com> madd@world.std.com (jim frost) writes: > My point isn't to buy a NeXT box, but to compare comparable systems. > The 386 machines do better than a comparably equipped Mac, but > they aren't cheaper than NeXT. Yeh, but you don't have to buy it all at once. You can get on board for 3 grand for a usably fast system, instead of 10 grand. And System V might not have all the bells and whistles, but apart from the abhorrent IPC (which isn't that much worse than BSDs) it's a hell of a lot cleaner. V.4 should satisfy even the most whacked out Berkeleyoid (like I used to be before I discovered what System V.3.2 has in /etc/conf). Maybe A System V.4/Mach port will let us dump the crap (shmget, ipc.h, select) simply by not loading their respective daemons from /etc/rc2.d. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com