A question on the popularity of SCO Unix

[Larry Campbell]

In article <2542 at sixhub.UUCP> davidsen at sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes a bunch
of stuff I mostly agree with, but then:

- 3)  Dell V.4 is a very cost effective system. However, in every case
-     you should do a head to head comparison of SCO, ISC, ESIX, UHC
-     (V.4), and Dell (v.4) before deciding. Caveat: count the add-on
-     package costs if you need them, and look at bundles like
-     OpenDeskTop. The big surprise is NFS which may be bundled or cost
-     $300-500 depending on vendor. Oh, and hidden costs, like Dell only
-     shipping on tape currently.

Urgh.  I've installed several different flavors of UNIX from floppies.  I
would not wish that sort of menial labor on my worst enemy.  Anyone who
configures a UNIX box without a tape drive, and any UNIX vendor who doesn't
ship their kit on tape, should have their head examined.  With decent tape
drives with controllers coming in well under $500...  it sure is worth $500
to me to not have to shuffle floppies for four hours.
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