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- From: Philippe Verdy <100105.3120@compuserve.com>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Unix Haters
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 00:11:20 GMT
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- dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) s'Θcrit :
- > Robert said:
- >
- > "> Another chuckle. Typical Unix systems today require skads of memory,
- > > and typically you find Unix only on high end machines, while the 99%
- > > of lower end machines are running other OS's (System 7, DOS, WIndows)
- > "
- >
- > For me, typical Unix systms = AIX, IRIX, Dec UNIX, HPUX etc. Lots of
- > people rushed to say that Linux could run on small systems. True
- > enough, but Linux is NOT a "typical Unix system"!
- >
- > It is also true that Unix once ran fine on 128K byte PDP 11's, but I
- > am talking of a typical commercial Unix implementation, including X
- > and Motif.
- >
- You should include Sun (and compatible) Sparc stations in your
- list. Prices for them is not very expensive as compared to
- advanced configurations of PC (now some PC or Mac models are
- much more powerful with Pentium or PowerPC than many Unix
- stations sold only three years ago).
-
- And true commercial version of Unix for PC exist:
- you can use Sun Solaris 2.5 for Pentium or PowerPC
- and use the same software as for many Sun Sparc stations.
-