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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!canrem!telly!evan
- From: evan@telly.on.ca (Evan Leibovitch)
- Subject: Re: DELL SVR4 - separate /usr and /var filesystem?
- Organization: Somewhere just far enough out of Toronto
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 00:50:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <2AB29054.4DFF@telly.on.ca>
- Keywords: dell svr4 filesystem
- References: <1992Sep9.144442.22664@crd.ge.com> <1992Sep9.165151.14858@godzilla.quotron.com> <BuD2E7.E96@gator.rn.com>
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- In article <BuD2E7.E96@gator.rn.com> larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
-
- >I stated something to the effect that ESIX with Merge would be about
- >the same price as Dell, and based on that -- I consider (personal
- >comment) Dell to be a better product for the price.
-
- But to those of us who would not contaminate an Intel UNIX system with
- a DOS emulator, the entry price is cheaper.
-
- And those who do not want to buy the vendor's GUI, but get XFree86 or
- MetroLink's or SGCS, can save even more.
-
- An ESIX unlimited user licence with development system, sells for under
- $650US. Add XFree86 and you've got a fairly complete system, still $650,
- and you don't have to buy any specific brand of hardware to get that price.
- As for the free software that comes bundled with Dell, no question that
- this is an asset, but then as freely available software, your knowledgeable
- ESIX dealer (not to mention your local user community) should have it.
-
- >BTW, does ESIX support anonymous ftp access?
-
- Heck, they've just gotten directly onto the Internet (esix.everex.com).
- Give 'em a little time for ftp.
-
- In the meantime, there are other sites with R4 binaries that are
- presently ftp-able. Why should an R4 binary be specific to ESIX, or
- Dell, or anyone else?
-
- --
- Evan Leibovitch, Sound Software Ltd., located in beautiful Brampton, Ontario
- evan@telly.on.ca / uunet!utzoo!telly!evan / (416) 452-0504
- "This Used To Be My Playground" -- Madonna, singing about mens' washrooms
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