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- From: kavi@cbnews.cb.att.com (srinivas.kavipurapu)
- Subject: Request for Workstation Recommendations
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 23:54:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.235428.21729@cbnews.cb.att.com>
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- Hey, everybody - I'm looking for some recommendations/opinions about
- some UNIX hardware/software combinations to help out a friend. Please
- reply to this posting or send mail to kavi@usl.com (that's me, too).
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- My friend is considering of buying a minicomputer and CAD workstation.
- They focussed only on RISC based machines and narrowed down their choices
- to SUN and HP computers to solve their scientific/engineering problems.
- They are looking at sparc station 10 models 031, 041, and 052
- for SUN and HP7100/735
-
- Any opinions/recommendations on the following are appreciated:
-
- - Networking: they already have Novell LAN on ethernet connecting
- DOS machines and ethernet connecting Apollo DN 3000. Which server,
- SUN or HP would make the complete networking easier?
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- - Overall performance: which machine can be relied on for better and
- more stable performance?
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- - Openness of architecture: which platform will be easier to repair by
- a third party or to fix the bugs in the system? (if, in the future, they
- do not have a maintenace contract with the respective vendor).
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- - Availability and average cost of 3rd party software (compilers and
- applications): Which computer offers better flexibility and cheaper
- solutions for these?
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- - Future upgrades (both software and hardware): which platform
- would give the better solution for upgrading the selected model
- with respect to hardware (better cpu and higher speed) and
- software (OS and compilers?)
-
- Thank you.
-
- Kavi Desktop Product Development kavi@usl.com
- UNIX System Labs 190 River Road A-108, Summit, NJ 908.522.6374
-