[net.followup] Prime Computers, Inc.

paul (11/01/82)

I replied to the author already, but just wondered:  are there any other
Prime admirers/haters out there?  I've used Prime, and liked it OK.
Any other opinions?

peter (11/05/82)

I have used prime computers.  It is the only computer here with an
up-to-date version of the SIR data base manager else I would not use
it.  Compared to UNIX it seems very kludgy and has what I feel is a
clumsy syntax requirement for system commands.  What I especially dislike
it the fact that passwords are required everytime you change subdirectories
else work done in an editor cannot be saved.  I have been caught many times
after spending much time modifying a file discovering taht I could not
save the work because I was not the "owner" of the file, because I had
failed to give the password when getting into the subdirectory.