Xref: utzoo comp.unix.i386:3385 unix-pc.general:4965 comp.sys.ibm.pc:45946
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!jato!mars!kaleb
From: kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386,unix-pc.general,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Second request for help
Message-ID: <3001@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Date: 7 Mar 90 16:51:40 GMT
References: <971@soleil.UUCP>
Sender: news@jato.Jpl.Nasa.Gov
Reply-To: kaleb@mars.UUCP (Kaleb Keithley)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA.
Lines: 24

In article <971@soleil.UUCP> gendel@soleil.UUCP (Gary Gendel) writes:
>
>I find it hard to believe that no one on the net has ever tried ESIX!  I'm
>looking for comparisons to SCO and Interactive in terms of functionality and
>reliability as well as support.  Any ideas why SCO and Interactive is 3X the
>price of ESIX? Any information is better than a second no response.


Sure, lots of us have tried ESIX, but I can't afford to try ESIX, SCO, and
ISC.  And since we use Suns (to name one) at work, I didn't think that
comparing ESIX on my 386SX to SunOS on my Sun 4 was what you were looking
for.  Oh, about three years ago I did use SCO Xenix 286 on an 8 mhz AT.  It
was very painful.

In the past I have posted favorable reports about the functionality and
reliability of ESIX.

As to why ESIX is 1/3 the price of the others; my guess is that Everex is
trying to break into the market, and is willing to sacrifice short term
profits for long term market share.  Just my opinion.
kaleb@mars.jpl.nasa.gov            Jet Propeller Labs
Kaleb Keithley

spelling and grammar flames > /dev/null