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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au!news.apana.org.au!cantor.edge.net.au!news.teragen.com.au!news.access.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.texas.net!news.stealth.net!zephyr.texoma.net!uunet!in2.uu.net!155.212.1.8!paperboy.ids.net!conan.ids.net!macphee From: macphee@conan.ids.net (Donald Mac Phee Ii) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sco.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.sys.sgi.misc, Subject: Re: no such thing as a "general user community" Date: 4 Mar 1997 19:51:47 GMT Organization: IDS World Network Internet Access Service, (401) 884-9002 GUEST [telnet ids.net] Lines: 34 Message-ID: <5fhugj$4q2@paperboy.ids.net> References: <331BB7DD.28EC@net5.net> <5fhkv5$8vj$1@halcyon.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: conan.ids.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.sco.misc:35964 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:36554 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:6196 comp.sys.sgi.misc:28832 In article <5fhkv5$8vj$1@halcyon.com>, Mark Rafn <dagon@halcyon.com> wrote: >N Shaw <admin@net5.net> wrote: >>We are totally a SGI & SUN house. >>I am trying out BSDI, freeBSD and SCO OS5 to see if it is feasible to >>run on the INTEL platform. >>In my opinion SCO seems to be the best of the lot. >>I would like to find out what the general user community thinks? >We are a totally diesel house. >I am trying out Ford taurus, Toyota corolla, and Infiniti Q45 see if it >is feasible to run on the gasoline platform. >In my opinion the Infiniti seems to be the best of the lot. >I would like to find out what the general driving community thinks? That is a valid question. The trend is away from highly proprietary equipment and towards cheaper mainstream products that can be sourced from a wide variety of vendors. However, the poster (poser?) should provide more detail as to his or her task. What KIND of work? Waht is the user base? Are they looking to haul 40 people around, or pallets of soda? Do they want to go at a blistering 1000 MPH, or do they want no maintainence problems? What kind of budget do they have? Would they be better served by a large or small clone mfg? Do they have non-portable code? Sheesh. Sarcasm isn't funny if the poster doesn't have a good grasp of the topic. Teach him, THEN make fun of him. -- Don Mac Phee | The universe is not only stranger than we imagine; Systems Manager | it's stranger than we *CAN* imagine. Crown Optical | And we make their glasses... Greenville, RI | If you want my employer's opinion, ask him.