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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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: 18 Jan 1996 01:43:33 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Robert Sanders <rsanders@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> On 15 Jan 1996 20:15:10 GMT, Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> said:
>
> > AIX features that are more modern than equivalents in Solaris:
> ....
> > 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?
What you describe is what I intended.
The last AIX I used was an unreleased 4.3 version; I can only
point you at IBM.
If in fact this is not a feature of any released AIX, as with
the two other items that failed the "more modern than Solaris"
test, I can identify replacements if necessary.
The intent was to point out "modern" or "state of the art" OS
features that Solaris does not have.
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.