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- From: peter@global.hacktic.nl (Peter Busser)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.130619.606@global.hacktic.nl>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 13:06:19 GMT
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- spedpr@thor.cf.ac.uk (Paul Richards) writes:
-
- >Just because an OS is multi-tasking doesn't make it UNIX.
-
- But NT will be POSIX compliant. Ok, first see then believe, but it shouldn't
- be that hard I suppose.
-
- >A lot of this thread has centered around the admin problems assosciated
- >with unix.
-
- Yeah, but don't forget about learning to use and using the system too.
-
- >Are these machines going to use mail, share networked printers...
-
- Most PC networks have an administrator, so that's not an issue. The problem is
- single user machines. How much administration does a Mac, ST or OS/2 system
- need?
-
- >That's just for a single user using windows/dos, when you get to OS2 or
- >NT things get worse.
-
- Well, I have a different experience. Installing OS/2 v1.3 was very easy. Just
- insert the first disk, and off we go. I don't know about v2.0, but it might be
- even better. I've installed UNIX several times on several systems, but I've
- never managed to get it right the first time (except with Linux). After
- installing OS/2 v1.3, I didn't need much system administration. I don't need
- much administration for my Linux system either, but that's just because Linux
- is a simple (i.e. without the creeping featurism) UNIX system.
-
- >I spend more time helping DOS users, who are trying
-
- DOS is a yesterday's system and UNIX won't lose from DOS. But now compare UNIX
- to today's and tomorrow's systems like OS/2 and NT.
-
- >Anyone who believes that unix is dead because it requires sys admin
-
- UNIX ain't dead, it might just become a niche system.
-
- >are about to emerge. They will face the same problems as those I've
- >mentioned above but in these cases there won't be the wealth of unix
- >experience to fall back on. Good luck to those embarking along this
- >path.
-
- Not as long as you use them as single user machines. In a networking
- environment, there is typically a system administrator who is going to help
- the users. My experience is that OS/2 v1.3 is much easier to use and
- administrate than UNIX, at least, from a user's perspective. I like UNIX very
- much, but then, I'm not a user...
-
-