Seeking a Development Environment (Sun?)

[Eric Lee Green]

In article <174 at lpi.UUCP> jeff at lpi.UUCP writes:
>
>BACKGROUND:  LPI is a quickly growing software company with a family of
>compilers.  We are looking at options for our development system.  The 
>system must be easily expandable to support planned growth.  Our ideal 
>main system would be a 68k UNIX box.  Since we have to support at least 
>30 to 60 users, we need a lot of horsepower.  We also need a central 
>file repository that all have access to.

I've heard of a company called Alpha Microsystems that provides
something like that. I've heard of networks of AM machines that could
handle thousands of users... However, I'm not really familiar with
either the company or its products, maybe someone on the net can fill
both of us in on the details. I'm pretty sure it runs Sys. V. and is
mainly intended as an alternative to a mainframe for small to medium
sized companies, not certain what kind of programming environment it
offers (since it's aimed mostly at things like accounting and
inventory).

>- A big central Sun fileserver with lots of disk for the central
>  repository of files.  (with 8 or 12Mb of RAM)
>- One Sun node for every five or six users. (all Sun 3s)

>From what I've heard, you can only put 3 or 4 users on a Sun 3 before
it starts degrading quite ungracefully. Again, I'm sure we'll hear
more from the denizens of net.unix (I saw my first Unix machine only a
year ago,so obviously I'm not a Unix guru -- yet). I'm sure that cc
and make and emacs won't care that you're not running sunwindows on
the terminals.

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