[ale] Unix Vs Linux

[keith frost]

i started out running catia on an old 5080.
the move to the newer RS hardware and AIX 4.x was a
god send.

i have more complaints with CDE then AIX, but that is
just me.

> 
> 	Hmmm...  Funny...  My experience has been just the
> opposite.
> Our old coal-fired, hand-cranked, RS/6000 running
> AIX 3.x was the
> bottom of the heap performance wise, but I expected
> it to be.  It was
> an old OS on an out of date platform. 
> Unfortunately, AIX 4.x running
> on a new RS/6000 with horsepower comparable to (or
> superior to) our x86
> boxes running Linux or Solaris x86 still did not out
> perform them when
> building product (intensive compiling and linking). 
> It was one hell
> of a lot BETTER than it's previous brethren, it just
> was not superior
> to the other systems, in that environment and with
> that task.
> 
> > it depends on what you are trying to do.
> > for my purposes(at home), cad, 3D, raytracing,
> linux is all i will ever need.
> 
> 	Now this is VERY true.  It probably depends more


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phrostie
Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS
and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings.
http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/
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