raj@spl1.UUCP (12/05/87)
Reading all this agonizing about Microport, I just want to add a solid
positive vote for SCO and XENIX. Rather than talk about
features, I include below an exerpt from a "last" command:
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many many many many many lines of utmp data
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root tty02 Nov 9 11:43 - Nov 14 13:46 (5+ 3:00) [time change 56]
Ull1a tty6B Nov 9 11:38 - 12:25 (46)
raj tty01 Nov 9 11:35 - Nov 14 15:13 (5+ 4:34) [time change 56]
reboot system boot Nov 9 11:32 - present (25+ 7:18) [time change 56]
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For those of you not familiar with this output, it says that our machine has
been up for the last 25 days, working hard, collecting dust!
Not only 25 days, but 25 days on a 5Mb 16MHz 386 CLONE (No Name), 8 ports (on
a very busy smart hostess card), XENIX-NET and ton of PD mail & system software
daemons. The ideal configuration for the "it's not my fault it don't work"
syndrome.
All this and a very very busy schedule as a principal news/mail forwarding
machine for quite a few downstream sites! (BTW: Lots of feed and mail
capacity for anyone interested in a hookup.)
Although I'm a little irritated at having to pay for a 386 upgrade (it
wasn't available when this system wen't on the air), performance like
this is *RARE* I'm a satisfied customer.
Bob Johnson
The Software Public Library
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