ACE, buses, and the future of ultrix

Tue May 7 00:31:34 AEST 1991

In article <816 at cadlab.sublink.ORG>, martelli at cadlab.sublink.ORG (Alex Martelli) writes:
> I hope this last rumor is wildly unfounded???  We're evaluating a centralized
> NFS server, and DS5500 was looking pretty good, but I would be VERY hesitant
> to place in such a crucial hub role in our LAN a box from a company who has
> just decided its system software is better manufactured by somebody else!

Given DEC's past problems with system software, I see this as a hopeful sign.

After all, you were already getting ready to buy a DEC product with a mostly
third-party O/S. Why not make it explicit?
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