greenber@acf4.UUCP (ross m. greenberg) (01/15/85)
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After hearing many people "bad-mouth" System 5 and/or 4.2, I would like
to know what the real differences are between them.
I figure they come in two distinct flavours:
1) User interface differences
2) Kernel differences
How about a nice, polite discussion (flames to $HOME or ~ ) regarding
the pros and cons of each?
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Ross M. Greenberg @ NYU ----> { allegra,ihnp4 }!cmcl2!acf4!greenber <----Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA> (01/17/85)
I suggest that a moderator collect input to the System V vs. 4.2BSD discussion and summarize it to the net, including INFO-UNIX (net.unix). Otherwise we will all have to wade through many biased flames. Quarterman & Chambers presented a reasonable comparison of these systems a couple of times at USENIXes, although the systems have continued to evolve since then so that some of the points are no longer accurate. If they don't wish to volunteer as a moderator for this discussion, I will. Send contributions to: decvax!brl-bmd!gwyn (UUCP) gwyn@brl-vld.ARPA (Internet) and I'll post a summary comparison after I get back from USENIX.
sohail@terak.UUCP (Sohail M. Hussain) (01/17/85)
> After hearing many people "bad-mouth" System 5 and/or 4.2, I would like > to know what the real differences are between them. > I just finished reading a very nice article comparing the two systems in "the yates perspective", sept/oct 84, vol2 no 7 You might try to get a hold of that from some where Yates address is Yates Venture 3350 W Bayshore Rd, Suite 201 Palo Alto Ca 94303 415-424-8844 I think that this is a very professional an unbiased comparison of the two systems. sohail -- Sohail Hussain uucp: ...{decvax,hao,ihnp4,seismo}!noao!terak!sohail phone: 602 998 4800 us mail: Terak Corporation, 14151 N 76th street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260