home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco
- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!math.fu-berlin.de!Sirius.dfn.de!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!rdg.dec.com!pa.dec.com!dynamix!david@uu3.psi.com
- From: david@dynamix.com (David L Jarvis)
- Subject: Re: Xenix considered harmful (was Re: SCO support - a success story)
- Organization: SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
- Message-ID: <9209061129.AA05750@dynamix.com>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 92 11:29:05 EDT
- X-Received: by usenet.pa.dec.com; id AA06809; Sun, 6 Sep 92 08:40:47 -0700
- X-Received: by inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com; id AA11973; Sun, 6 Sep 92 08:40:24 -0700
- X-Received: from dynamix.UUCP by uu3.psi.com (5.65b/4.0.071791-PSI/PSINet)id AA24488; Sun, 6 Sep 92 11:37:16 -0400
- X-Received: by dynamix.com (smail2.5c)id AA05754; 6 Sep 92 11:29:05 EDT (Sun)
- X-To: comp.unix.xenix.sco.usenet (comp.unix.xenix.sco)
- X-In-Reply-To: <1992Sep04.055321.4375@edsi.plexus.COM>; from "Garrett Meiers" at Sep 4, 92 5:53 am
- X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11]
- Lines: 25
-
- >
- > marks@mgse.UUCP (Mark Seiffert) writes:
- >
- > >Not my world. Xenix is fine, especially when I am installing a
- > >system were there will only be eight or less terminals, typically
- >
- > Who said Xenix is limited to 'eight or less' terminals??? The
-
- Nobody said that. What Mark said was that if he is configuring a system with
- <=8 terminals he'd consider Xenix over Unix, which is exactly what I've
- said as well. We even have Xenix sites with as many as 16 terminals and as
- many printers, but generally this is not the case.
-
- > Xenix system I'm on now has 13 terminals attached plus the
- > console. 3 of those terminals are dial-up. And we've had them
- > all logged in at once... Unless I'm nuts. Or in a frantic
- > dream...???
-
- Nope, neither, you just misinterpreted what Mark meant ...
-
-
- #----------------------------------------------------------------------#
- # David L. Jarvis SOFTWARE / #
- # david@dynamix.com / DYNAMIX #
- #----------------------------------------------------------------------#
-