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Xref: sserve comp.unix.aix:48880 comp.unix.bsd:15583 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7751 comp.unix.solaris:28367 comp.unix.unixware:15253 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!nwnexus!calvino.alaska.net!calvino!browntd From: browntd@calvino (Tim Brown) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Subject: Re: Unix for PC Followup-To: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Date: 14 Dec 1994 18:09:31 GMT Organization: Internet Alaska, Inc. Lines: 38 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3cnccr$1np@calvino.alaska.net> References: <199411210319.TAA18133@nic.cerf.net> <CHRISB.94Dec5100722@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: calvino.alaska.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Chris Bitmead (chrisb@stork.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au) wrote: : In article <D03L47.FxJ@ct.covia.com> tundra@ct.covia.com (Tundra Tim Daneliuk) writes: : >>|> >I have narrowed down to: : >>|> > SCO Unix : >>|> > Sun Solaris : >>|> > IBM AIX : >>|> > Novell Unixware : >>|> : >>|> If you must pick one of these, I'd say Solaris is the most stable. : >>|> : >> : > : >You can't be serious! Solaris is buggy and **SLOW**. : In absolute terms, perhaps. But compared to SCO or Unixware, Solaris looks : good. Don't know much about AIX. : >Personally, I'd : >pick none of the above (although I actually had pretty good results with : >AIX for the PS/2). My first choice would be one of the BSD derivatives: : >BSDI if you need a commercial product that is rock solid, well supported, : >and ultra-fast. FreeBSD if you can live with a "free" product. : Agreed. Two of them SCO and UnixWare are intel based and considerably slower than the otehr two which are risc boxes. So if you need speed, risc will out perform. If you need the most speed you can get the AIX - RS6000 is the only way to go. If you need to be able commercially available software forget the BSD choices. My two cents. Tim