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- From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Subject: Re: A few answers to Dell Unix FAQ [was Re: Dell support?]
- Message-ID: <6185@sixhub.UUCP>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 13:35:26 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.005052.19358@raid.dell.com> <1992Dec30.152402.13189@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
- Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
- Followup-To: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
- Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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- In article <1992Dec30.152402.13189@sbcs.sunysb.edu> shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough) writes:
- | Charlie Sauer (sauer@chs.dell.com) wrote:
- |
- | : Q. Is Dell changing the source base for Dell Unix to V.4.2 or Solaris?
- | :
- | : Dell does not plan to change Dell Unix to a new source base, neither 4.2
- | : nor Solaris.
- |
- | Gee, good thing I just plunked down $1300 for Dell UNIX... wouldn't
- | want to get stuck with a dead-end product, now would I?
-
- Did you think that you were never going to change again? You got the
- best product available today for what you want to do, and it is still
- being supported and enhanced.
-
- Until we find out what Novell is going to do with UNIX I wouldn't make
- any plans. If they raise the price you better learn to say "NT", and if
- they go after mass market you'll see a migration to V.4.x very quickly.
- --
- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen)
- sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX
- "I haven't had time to read the manual, I've been too
- busy fighting with the install" -Nevius
-