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From: Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com>
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)
Date: 16 Jan 1996 14:20:18 -0500
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On 15 Jan 1996 20:15:10 GMT, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said:

> AIX features that are more modern than equivalents in Solaris:
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> 4)	Full utilization of a device file system paradigm.

I can't find any trace of this on my AIX 4.1.2 box, if what you're
referring to is a filesystem type dynamically populated by the kernel
with device special files.  Would you mind pointing me at it?

> A lot of people don't like AIX -- for amny, it's "too alien".

I just want decent man pages.

  -- Robert