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- From: opus@pioneer.unm.edu (Colby Kraybill)
- Newsgroups: alt.bbs.unixbbs
- Subject: Re: BBS software for Coherent
- Message-ID: <3yknvxd@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 18:58:41 GMT
- References: <Btwz5o.1HH@gator.rn.com> <hakn6j_@lynx.unm.edu> <Bty9qz.6At@gator.rn.com>
- Organization: Space and Planetary Image Facility
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- In article <Bty9qz.6At@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >opus@pioneer.unm.edu (Colby Kraybill) writes:
- >
- >>In article <Btwz5o.1HH@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
- >>>
- >>>but real unix is supported more than coherent. Coherent is aimed
- >>>at hobbists -- where as real unix is designed for industry and
- >>>business..
- >>>
- >
- >>WHAT!??!?!?!
- >
- >>The biggest market for Unix based machines is still at educational
- >>institutions... Coherent has begun to leave the 'hobbists' behind and
- >
- >But educational institutions typically pay peanuts for operating
- >systems for their students to play with -- as such I hardly consider
- >educational markets as an industry or business user
- >
- >>is fast becoming a fully supported Unix OS. The last time I had heard,
- >
- >I wouldn't bet on it. Word Perfect told me on the phone
- >they currently have no plans to support WP under Coherent, and doubt that they
- >ever will since there is no money in Coherent.
-
- Oh bugger off! If people want to use wordperfect, go to a DOS or Macintosh.
- We have Wordperf for our Ultrix boxes, but the licensing is so expensive that
- we only have an 8 user version and are not planning on expanding it.
-
- >
- >>Coherent is coming out with TCP/IP communications support.
- >
- >Big deal. UNIX has had TCP support for 10 years.
- >
-
- TCP support would make it much easier to expand a BBS with multiple machines
- on it.
-
- >Coherent is a amateur OS for those who are interested in the operation
- >of real UNIX. Universities are using it cause it's cheap.
- >Universities are using it to teach with -- how many are using Coherent
- >in the front office for billing, network servers, etc. -- real world
- >applications? None.
-
- Again, "real" unix? WTF are you talking about? You have MISSED the point
- COMPLETELY. The original poster wanted to find out if he could run a BBS
- under Coherent. He didn't say he wanted to use Wordperfect. He didn't say
- he wanted it to learn about "real" unix, he wanted to run a BBS!
- Did the person say that he wanted to use it in his front office?
- BBS's are not real world applications? Pay attention.
-
-
- --
- Colby Kraybill
- Space and Planetary Image Facility
- University of New Mexico
- opus@pioneer.unm.edu
-