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- From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
- Subject: Re: The Future of ESIX (was Re: PC-clone UNIX Software Buyer's Guide)
- Organization: CompuData Inc.
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 07:05:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.070505.15666@compu.com>
- References: <1993Jan15.192755.20147@compu.com> <1993Jan17.045842.5459@netcom.com> <C105tE.42v@news.rn.com> <1993Jan18.193956.1087@compu.com> <1993Jan23.230912.27802@compu.com> <C1D5B8.677@trauma.rn.com>
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- larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
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- >The bottom line is that you Fred seem to think that all the large
- >installations are running SCO which isn't the case. There are other operating
- >systems out there that are just as reliable and solid as SCO, if not more.
-
- No, that is not the bottom line. When you tell me that you were at a 200 user
- ESIX site as a response to my post of a 200 user SCO MPX site, I get curious.
-
- It is my business to know a deal when I see it. MPX costs big bucks for lots
- of users. The Altos 15000 wasn't cheap either.
-
- As a business owner and computer systems/service provider, I am trying to find
- out if such a thing as a 200 user 486 ESIX system really can perform
- adequately. I'm trying to find out just how well this can work based upon
- your report of such a functional system. I'm having a hell of a time getting
- the particulars. If the place is a secret CIA joint, that would be one thing,
- but you say it's a county operation running after family support cheaters.
-
- So, if it exists, where?
-
- Actually, I'd be curious about any other large INTEL installations that are
- not networked but use a single box with one or more processors. I'm curious
- whether any other multi-processor system based upon INTEL boards exists yet
- and is standard to what we would consider binary compatibility.
-
- I know OSF/1 promised this a few years ago but as far as I know we are still
- waiting for something other than words from those folks.
-
- Fred
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