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- From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
- Subject: Re: Choose ODT or UNIX plain
- Organization: Open Age, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:27:45 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.182745.29897@openage.openage.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.145225.19875@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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- is@groucho.dev.uga.edu (Bob Stearns) writes:
-
- >I am about to start a fairly large project for a client and need to know
- >whether ODT 2.0 or UNIX 2.3.4 (current levels, whatever they are) is the
- >appropriate develpoment/delivery system. We will be connecting PCs with
- >both Ethernet and highspeed modems to the delivery system. The
- >application is image creation, storage, and retrieval. The plan is to
- >use the PCs for both creation and retrieval and the UNIX system for
- >storage. We plan to use a multi-level system with spinning magnetic
- >media, online optical media, and offline optical media which will be
- >mounted on request. Obviously I need the full development system for
- >myself and runtime only for the delivered clients.
-
- >So gurus, which is better/cheaper/easier to use? ODT or UNIX?
-
- ODT is SCO UNIX, TCP, NFS, LM/X client, Dos Merge, and X. If you do not need
- more than 2 or three pieces you should probably buy them separately.
-
- Sounds like UNIX, TCP, and NFS is what you need. You still might want ODT as
- the install will be easier, but it will cost a little more.
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