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  1. Xref: sparky comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:1356 biz.sco.general:5628 comp.unix.sys5.r3:430
  2. Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,biz.sco.general,comp.unix.sys5.r3
  3. Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!xenitec!van-bc!sl
  4. From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
  5. Subject: Re: PC Unix/Xenix vendors
  6. Organization: Wimsey Information Services
  7. Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 23:41:14 GMT
  8. Message-ID: <C1JDsr.1oM@wimsey.bc.ca>
  9. References: <1993Jan27.084106.19985@jonlab.UUCP> <1993Jan27.152657.11295@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
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  12. In article <1993Jan27.152657.11295@sbcs.sunysb.edu> shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough) writes:
  13. >Jon LaBadie (jon@jonlab.UUCP) wrote:
  14. >
  15. >The problem with your analogy is that SCO is a *subset* of Dell, while
  16.  
  17. Certainly not. Dell has no where near the features that SCO has. Think
  18. in terms of support, availability through sales channels, peripheral
  19. support, applications, third party products, user training, sales training,
  20. marketing support, ...... 
  21.  
  22. In terms of the Unix kernal and commands what you get from SCO and Dell
  23. are overlapping sets. With Dell's features skewing towards the new
  24. features of SVR4 and SCO skewing towards supporting it's existing
  25. customer base.
  26.  
  27. If you *want* SVR4 buy Dell. If you don't need SVR4 then SCO has a much
  28. better product for most business users.
  29.  
  30. -- 
  31. Stuart Lynne <sl@wimsey.com> ......................... UNIX Facsimile Software
  32. Wimsey Information Technologies ................... moderator biz.sco.binaries
  33. uucp login:nuucp passwd:nuucp .................... ftp.wimsey.com:~ftp/ls-lR.Z
  34. PD Software for SCO UNIX .................... ftp.wimsey.com:~ftp/pub/wimseypd
  35.