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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!ames!usenet.kornet.nm.kr!news.kreonet.re.kr!usenet.seri.re.kr!news.cais.net!ringer.cs.utsa.edu!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!news.fujitsu.com!nntp-sc.barrnet.net!netapp.com!netapp.com!not-for-mail From: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.advocacy Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Followup-To: comp.unix.advocacy Date: 19 Jan 1996 17:39:37 -0800 Organization: Network Appliance Lines: 34 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4dph4p$d9t@bayonne.netapp.com> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4dbun0$j2f@park.uvsc.edu> <DLBIAq.GME@ftel.co.uk> <4dl34k$59p@willow.hds.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 192.9.200.18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2058 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2216 comp.unix.solaris:57882 comp.unix.aix:69222 comp.unix.advocacy:13425 (Followups to "comp.unix.advocacy".) Gary Walsh <Gary_Walsh@spire.hds.co.uk> wrote: >I don't think the reference was to Motorola Suns, but to Motorola >PowerStack machines. The reference was to Motorola Suns, as he was talking about SunOS 4.x, which doesn't run on PowerPC-based machines, not SunOS 5.x: From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: ISP hardware/software choices (performance comparison) Date: 14 Jan 1996 22:05:20 GMT Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah Message-ID: <4dbun0$j2f@park.uvsc.edu> casper@fwi.uva.nl (Casper H.S. Dik) wrote: ... > I'd be interested in such a list.. When I was asked > some time ago "If you like Solaris so much, you must know of some > advantages SunOS has over Solaris". > I drew blank. ... 4) Available for Motorolla based hadware so a heterogeneous environment can provide the user with a near-identical interface acress platforms (Intel isn't an argument here; remember the 386i?). with emphasis on "advantages SunOS [meaning 4.x] has over Solaris [meaning SunOS 5.x plus OpenWindows 3.x]".