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From: neal@mnopltd.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: RE: which way to go
Message-ID: <156@mnopltd.UUCP>
Date: 6 Feb 90 14:35:15 GMT
Reply-To: gatech!stiatl!mnopltd!neal
Organization: MNOP Ltd., Atlanta, Ga.
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->	..........
->Up to now we have been using SCO Xenix 286 and 386 but with all the talk about
->SCO phasing out Xenix we have been thinking of going to a 386 Unix as our base
->platform.
->	..........
->Does anyone have any comments about which will be the best way to go as far as
->performnace, price, support and how buggy is it?
->Any help would be greatly appreciated.
->
->	..........

I will attempt to paraphrase statements made by the National Sales Manager, 
Dealer Sales, for SCO at a presentation last night for the Atlanta Unix Users
Group:

	If you do not need the features of SCO Unix, primarily Open Desktop, 
	B2 security, etc there is no reason to upgrade.  Xenix STILL outsells
	SCO Unix 3 to 1!   Xenix will be supported for many years to come.  It
	is still the fastest and smallest for the 386.   Xenix is mature, 
	while SCO Unix is a new product with the expected quantity of bugs.

The other bit of information to be gleaned was the impression that Merge386 is
faster on SCO Unix than Vp/ix is on Xenix. 

Clear as mud, eh?    We are sticking with Xenix for a while...




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