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  3. From: david@dynamix.com (David L Jarvis)
  4. Subject: Re: Xenix considered harmful (was Re: SCO support - a success story)
  5. Organization:  SOFTWARE / DYNAMIX
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  17. > In article <1992Sep3.110046.10391@zooid.guild.org> Ross Ridge <ross@zooid.guild.org> writes:
  18. > >For running a Public Access Unix site I can't really think of a
  19. > >better alternative.  Reliability and more efficient use of CPU,
  20. > 
  21. > That's interesting.  I would have thought that for a public-access
  22. > site, things like compatibility with the PD software out there and
  23. > similarity with other Unix systems would be important.  Xenix systems
  24. > are not usually known for these qualities.
  25.  
  26. Really?  I've never had any problems getting software for our in-house
  27. Xenix systems ... 
  28. So what exactly have you found out there that will work for Unix that won't
  29. work for Xenix?
  30.  
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  33. #          David L. Jarvis                 SOFTWARE  /                 #
  34. #          david@dynamix.com                       /  DYNAMIX          #
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