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- From: sheldon@iastate.edu (Steve Sheldon)
- Subject: Re: PC Unix/Xenix vendors
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <C149An.ILH@queernet.org> <1993Jan20.163215.12957@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <1993Jan22.205859.24123@crd.ge.com> <C1BDIs.Evn@trauma.rn.com>
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 03:35:58 GMT
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- In <C1BDIs.Evn@trauma.rn.com> larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
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- >davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:
- >How many folks have we seen complained about having SCO and looking
- >for gcc or x11r5 since they don't want to be raked over the coals for
- >more products at SCO prices? How many folks on the net have placed the same ads
- >who run dell?
-
- Well, I guess I kind of complain about SCO's dev.sys pricing. But then
- for us it would be kind of nice, but not a necessity.
-
- I don't know much about Dell. I've seen it mentioned here on the net,
- but when I tried caling Dell to get prices and such, the sales person didn't
- even realize it existed. He had to go ask someone and call back.
-
- But for us SCO met our needs, and we couldn't get a clear answer to whether
- Dell or another one would run the application we had to run.
-
- And SCO isn't all bad in my book. They give one hell of an educational
- discount. We got ODT 2.0 for 60% off, or about $600.
-
- I'd still like gcc, and the rumor is that there is a libc.a being tested.
-
- I'm not sure why I would want x11r5. SCO gives us x11r4, and we've got
- x11r4 on our DEC's. Both of them seem to work nicely.
-
- If someone could explain why x11r5 is better than x11r4 I'd appreciate it.
-
- Just cause it's newer ain't better. I own a 1990 Grand Am, and I sure don't
- want a 1993 Grand Am, I just don't like the looks of them.
- --
- sheldon@iastate.edu Steve Sheldon
- Project Vincent ICSS Resource Unit
- SCO ODT, Arc/Info, Atlas GIS 2142 Agronomy Hall
- Iowa State University
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