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From: chrisb@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au (Chris Bitmead)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
Date: 5 Dec 94 10:07:22
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In-reply-to: tundra@ct.covia.com's message of Wed, 30 Nov 1994 20:33:42 GMT

In article <D03L47.FxJ@ct.covia.com> 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**.  

In absolute terms, perhaps. But compared to SCO or Unixware, Solaris looks
good. Don't know much about AIX.


>Personally, I'd
>pick none of the above (although I actually had pretty good results with
>AIX for the PS/2).  My first choice would be one of the BSD derivatives:
>BSDI if you need a commercial product that is rock solid, well supported,
>and ultra-fast.   FreeBSD if you can live with a "free" product.

Agreed.