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- From: david@dynamix.com (David L Jarvis)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
- Subject: Re: Xenix considered harmful (was Re: SCO support - a success story)
- Message-ID: <9209061111.AA05641@dynamix.com>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 15:11:23 GMT
- Organization: SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
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-
- >
- > This discussion seems to be getting off track quite a bit.
- >
-
- I agree completely ... so lets focus on the inital statements Marc made
- that lead to this debate ... here they are, quoted directly from his post:
-
- [Marc's words] (underscores mine)
- Well, that's good advice even if Xenix is going to be supported
- forever. I'm sure I'll get flamed for this -- especially in the SCO
- Xenix newsgroup -- but I don't think Xenix is an appropriate product
- for new installations anymore.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- SCO should definitely keep supporting
- its existing customers through bugfixes and new (bugfix) releases, but
- I don't think SCO should expend any effort adding new features to
- Xenix, and I don't think SCO resellers should recommend Xenix as a
- solution to customers who don't already have an installed base of
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- Xenix machines. People who are already on Xenix should not be forced
- to move to Unix, but they should be gently encouraged to make the leap
- at an appropriate time. For example, when they're considering an
- upgrade from Xenix 2.3.2 to Xenix 2.3.4; or when they're considering
- getting a new hard drive.
- Face it, folks. The world is moving towards POSIX and other standards
- more every day. With this in mind, it just doesn't make sense to
- choose a bastardized SVR3-wannabe for new installations. The falling
- price of hardware has made all but irrelevant the consideration that
- Xenix runs in less RAM and takes less CPU horsepower than Unix. Xenix
- no longer has any real reason to exist, except for the people that
- have an existing Xenix installation.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- [end of quote]
-
- Correct me if I'm wrong Marc, but this last sentence summarizes your whole
- point: Xenix has no reason to exist except for existing Xenix sites
-
- > This is not meant to be a shooting match of individual features of
- > Xenix -vs- UNIX. We have nothing against SCO UNIX, the original point
- > was specially that you cannot just discount SCO Xenix as:
- > "not apprpriate". SCO Xenix does have its place and for a lot of
-
- Exactly ... and I don't know of one single company out there who sells
- *only* Xenix and not Unix ...
-
- > The whole discussion started to discuss the idea that someone should not
- > even recommend Xenix as an option, but rather to force them into
- > SCO UNIX because it is the only O/S they should even consider.
- > UNIX has its place and so does Xenix. And Xenix will continue to be
- > appropriate for a lot of sites for a LONG time to come.
-
- Again, Bob is right on target with my initial argument ... BOTH Xenix and
- Unix have their place, and it is a benefit to the client for us to know
- which is best for them ...
-
-
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