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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Solaris vs SunOs
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 21:55:38 -0700
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Bryan Althaus wrote:
] Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote:
] : James L Fox wrote:
] : > would someone please convince me that Solaris will provide me
] : > with much more than the JOY of converting all of my incompatable
] : > shell scripts. (Like all the ones that use 'ps'.)
] :
] : Having worked with both environments, I can only say that
] : anyone trying to convince you of this will only be trying
] : to make you feel better. :-)
] 
] ATTENTION: UCB BSD is DEAD... SunOS 4.x is DEAD... move on to
] Solaris 2.x it's Sun's future, and SVR4 is SCO's and HP's
] future also.

ATTENTION: SUN'S FUTURE is DEAD.

We all know that Microsoft has beat us all...


Just what did you expect to gain from infighting in the UNIX
camps?  It's exactly that which has gotten us where we are
today (ie: not the most run desktop OS).


                                        Terry Lambert
                                        terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.