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From: gavin@durban.vector.co.za (Gavin Maltby)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison)
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix
Date: 15 Jan 1996 17:20:05 GMT
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Terry Lambert (terry@lambert.org) wrote:
: ] Next week when I upgrade to Solaris 2.5, I'm sure my "love affair" will
: ] continue. The only difference is I don't hate SunOS 4.1.x, it just that
: ] Solaris 2.x is better, its *supported*, it is state of the art.
: It is supported and 4.x is not, I grant you: the result of a
: business decision by Sun (one that not all of us agree with,
: but hey, it's their company to run into the ground).
Depends what you mean by "supported". The latest releases of
SunOS 4 are supported in that there are ongoing bug fixes and
patches. It is not supported in the sense that there is no new
development---you cannot log a request for enhancement etc.
Gavin
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