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From: Chris Morgan <mihalis@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Operating Systems
Date: 1997/07/27
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Richard Kenner wrote:
 NT,
> as you say, does not support a lot of things, but is better at
> correctly configuring itself when it encounters a configuration it
> does fully support.

And there's the rub, after all SPARC/Solaris is fantastic at
configurations it does support!

> 
> >Experiences on Alpha are pretty irrelevant,
> 
> ... unless the choice is whether to run NT or Linux on a Alpha.

When I get an Alpha that will be a difficult choice if there still isn't
GNAT for Alpha/Linux. Unless of course Digital Unix comes down in price.

Chris
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