marke@richs118.cpg.trs.reuter.com (Mark Ellis) (04/16/91)
I'm interested in purchasing one of these two OS's. I have read a fair amount about Coherent, but do not know much about Minix (other than it comes with source.) Could someone out there answer a some questions for me please (I would prefer an e-mail response.) 1. What shell is delivered with Minix? Is Korn Shell available (what cost?) 2. How much disk space is required for the complete system? 3. Are all development tools included (especially awk, lex, yacc)? 4. How reliable is it on a 386 machine; I mean is it pretty stable/robust? 5. Has anyone used both Coherent & Minix and have a preference? Why? 6. I understand there is a 32 bit version; is that direct from Prentice/Hall or is it a hack job? 7. Has anyone tried to get 'X' to run on it? This would be a definite selling point for me! 8. Is the 'C' compiler ANSI compliant? 9. Is there much public source available? If so, where is a popular site to get it from? 10. What is the usual upgrade charge for a new OS release? If you can just answer one or two of my questions, I'd like to hear from you! Thanks!