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From: joshua@sleepy.retix.com (joshua geller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware
Subject: Re: Unix for PC
Date: 07 Dec 1994 20:28:48 GMT
Organization: Institute for the Study of Ancient Science
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In-reply-to: kjc@Eng.Sun.COM's message of 6 Dec 1994 00:51:39 GMT

In article <3c0cir$5i2@engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM> kjc@Eng.Sun.COM (Kevin Clarke) 
writes:
>   In article hgr@cascade.pnw.net, bobg@pnw.net (Robert Gerrish) writes:
>   >Peter Dalgaard SFE (pd@kubism.ku.dk) wrote:

>   >: As a sysadmin on both Suns and Linux systems, I can assure you
>   >: that Slackware has been runnable at a level comparable to SunOS
>   >: 4.1.x for at least the past year. Remaining problems are nowhere
>   >: near comparable to what we are seeing currently with Solaris!

>   >I am a sysadmin for both Suns and Linux systems.  Our main linusx system 
>   >has an uptime of over 59 days.  We can barely get by on the suns on SunOS 
>   >4.1.3 for two weeks without having to reboot for some reason.

>   Then I guess it is time to upgrade those 4.1.x machines to Solaris 2.4!

>   Kevin Clarke - SunSoft

are you seriously maintaining, with your bare face hanging out, that
solaris 2.4 regularly goes longer without rebooting than sunos 4.1.3.u1
or sunos 4.1.4?

josh