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- From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: setting UUCP g protocol parameters under ESIX SVR4.0.3
- Message-ID: <BttBEv.9qt@gator.rn.com>
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- References: <BtEusM.6oJ@gator.rn.com> <1992Aug23.132331.2218@unixland.natick.ma.us> <BtG34v.2K1@gator.rn.com> <2AA0E4C0.3E65@telly.on.ca>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:56:55 GMT
- Lines: 44
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- evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch) writes:
-
- >If there are problems in the product then those problems were created
- >(or neglected) by USL. If USL was doing its job, Consensys wouldn't have
- >such a bad rep, because there'd be little reason to call their tech
- >support.
-
- Consensys should check the product out before shipping. Their name
- goes on the product -- just like USL. Dell has taken the time to check
- the product, and if something doesn't work -- they fix it. Period
- The finger pointing is bull. For ESIX to say, it's USL's fault and
- not fix something is wrong.
-
- >Every Intel UNIX vendor except Dell *has* to worry about a myriad of
- >third-party hardware, and that support certainly consumes valuable time
- >that they could be spending correcting USL's bugs.
-
- Dell supports other vendors products -- ET4000 boards, Computone boards,
- Equinox (I think), etc -- all are supported. I've been running Dell SVR4
- now (release 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2) now on all non-dell hardware. As a matter
- of fact, I own no Dell hardware. I've tried maybe a dozen different
- motherboards over the last year (always moving to something faster)
- and Dell gets along just fine. Ask karl@ddsw1.mcs.com -- he also runs
- Dell (and is sold on it) and the last I knew -- he was running non-Dell
- hardware as well. Dell's SVR4 is damn solid - period. Folks here complain
- about the SVR4 vendors -- states something about some of the crap
- being shipped.
-
- >Back to Larry's point. He's tired of Intel UNIX getting a bad rep
- >because, in his opinion, all of the distributors of the code except for
- >his present favourite are screwing it up.
-
- >Well, to me, fixing bugs is not added value. It's basic value.
-
- But Dell has added value to the product -- for example, they ship
- a modified release of X386 specifically for Dell with support for a
- slew of configurations. They've written various utilities to
- enhance the administration. They have taken the time to add the popular
- PDS/GNU software to make the installation well rounded - thus saving
- the SA the time of hunting down this and that.
-
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