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From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T)
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References: <1et7fnINN6nr@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <id.A5AV.9ZA@ferranti.com> <1992Nov28.110233.175@degsyd.syd.deg.csiro.au>
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In article <1992Nov28.110233.175@degsyd.syd.deg.csiro.au> ip_boss@degsyd.syd.deg.csiro.au (Jack Churchill) writes:
> So what did you expect - to look like Solaris?

What did I say that gave you the faintest idea I cared about Solaris?

> Solaris is yet another Sun-proprietary UNIX, etc.

System V isn't Solaris. System V is about the only hope *I* can see for a
decent user-friendly UNIX that can compete with OS/2 and NT. And Univel is
doing its best to sink it.
-- 
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