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From: mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark Davis)
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
Organization: Lake Taylor Hospital Computer Services
Distribution: inet
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 1994 14:11:20 GMT
Message-ID: <1994Dec01.141120.14949@taylor.infi.net>
References: <199411210319.TAA18133@nic.cerf.net> <CHRISB.94Nov30100302@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <3bikh6$hk8@bantu.Provo.Novell.COM> <D03L47.FxJ@ct.covia.com>
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tundra@ct.covia.com (Tundra Tim Daneliuk) writes:


>>|> >I have narrowed down to:
>>|> >	SCO Unix
>>|> >	Sun Solaris
>>|> >	IBM AIX
>>|> >	Novell Unixware
>>|> 
>>|> If you must pick one of these, I'd say Solaris is the most stable. 
>>|> 
>>

>You can't be serious! Solaris is buggy and **SLOW**.

What version have YOU ever used?  We find 2.3 to be quite functional.
2.4 is supposedely even better.

>  Personally, I'd
>pick none of the above

There is nothing wrong with SCO either, not as far as stability.  We run
our whole hospital on it and I have never seen ANY OS more stable.

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