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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: 16 Jan 1996 20:02:08 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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gavin@durban.vector.co.za (Gavin Maltby) wrote:
[ ... Terry's top 10 list of why AIX is more modern than Solaris ... ]
] : 2) Motif environment shipped with system by default.
]
] 2.4 had runtime Motif only; 2.5 desktop and server ships
] with full CDE.
That's one refuted...
] : 6) Sample device driver source code available in suplementary
] : documentation.
]
] I know this exists. I've seen (simple) examples in the STREAMs
] programming guide and the DDI/DKI guide.
I mean non-simple examples, of course. Simple examples can be
derived from the man page descriptions of the interfaces by any
halfway competent hack. This isn't a qualifying refutation. 8-).
] : 10) A kernel that is *never* recompiled by the customer.
]
] I think you're coomparing AIX against something other than Solaris here,
] unless you consider modifications to /etc/system (and maybe things in
] /kernel/drv etc) a recompliation.
I think it's hidden (or was in the early releases). We'll count
this one.
So: Pro AIX: 8 out of 10
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.