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- From: xm9@sdcc12.ucsd.edu (richard g. adair)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
- Subject: Re: New to HPs...Thinking about buying one...need advice...
- Summary: Oranges vs Apple varieties
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- Date: 11 Nov 92 15:30:07 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov10.191327.27298@88opensi.88open.ORG> sartin@88opensi.UUCP (Rob Sartin) writes:
- >>Obviously you have been talking to SUN groupies :-) In case you
- >>haven't heard, the SUNos is now also SYSV UNIX, just like HP-UX. It
- >Actually, Solaris is SVR4. HP isn't that up to date on System V
- >standards (mostly SVR2ish where it follows SysV).
-
- SYSVRx types are much closer together than BSD vs SYSV. There
- just isn't enough difference any more to justify a "my OS is better
- than your OS" feud, let alone compatability worries... HP is missing
- some stuff, Sun is missing some stuff. HP OS has some bugs, SUNos
- has some bugs. SOP for computer vendors in the DOS world too...
-
- Tony Burzio
- Arete Associates
- San Diego, CA
-