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- From: marshall@ll.mit.edu (Hunter Marshall)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: HP-UX 9.0
- Message-ID: <9208301737.PN09945@LL.MIT.EDU>
- Date: 30 Aug 92 21:37:46 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.200543.28463@riacs.edu> <1992Aug26.135815.1@cc.uvcc.edu>
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- Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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- In-Reply-To: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu's message of 29 Aug 92 05:23:17 GMT
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- I'd rather have a bug-free, patch-free operating system
- which does not have embarassing crashes (as HP-UX 8.0 did, till I found
- out that there are patches PHNE_..., which should have been
- incorporated before the tapes were shipped to me), and without the
- need to go through a painful update every so often. There should also
- be noo need to ftp imake, Xaw.h, and configuration files from Uppsala, or
- Liverpool, when the Company is just 800 km away from you....
- Rather than sooner, I prefer to have an OS which is indded better,
- consistent, stable, and easy for a non-hacker to update and maintain.
-
- I am interested in these issues. I have been considering using a
- 700 series machine in an upcoming project. I have been trying to
- pick up what I can from the net, magazines, and anything.
-
- Another choice would be a Sparc 10, which means Solaris 2.0, which
- also means vapor products (I'd need at least 2 processors ...
- to match a 730 (probably even a 720)) :-).
-
- Anyone have any comments about the Sun kernel and the HP kernel?
- Where may I find info on HP, its OS(HP-UX), and its future plans?
- The magazines don't seem to treat the 700's much, and seem to try
- to cover all HP products, yielding little useful info.
-
- hunter
-