Re: hardware for Framemaker

[David Mason <dcm -at- KPCO -dot- COM>]

Absolutely not! I think UNIX is superior in many many ways..I even run
Red-Hat Linux at home. I wouldnt want to pay for a DEC Alpha or an SGI
though!  Im just saying that claiming that a MAC is more stable than a
PC these days is nonsense. When something goes wrong on our MAC at
work(and it does) its a complete guessing game. Turning extensions on
and off, zap the PRAM,  who knows whats gone wrong...the machine wont
tell you. PCs are sometimes more complicated but we certainly have an
easier time fixing them.

Id love to go all UNIX but the software isnt there for an affordable
price! I think NT's kernal is getting closer and closer(guess they're
stealing from UNIX too!) but its still no where near the UNIX kernal.

Dave

LaTorra, Michael wrote:
>
> I wrote:
>         I used Frame running on a UNIX workstation from HP. It was
> wonderful (I
>         > wish I were still using it!). However, I realize that most
> people are
>         > limited to using either PCs or Macs. In that case, I would
> recommend a
> > Mac.
> ...
>         >PCs were far and away the most
>         > trouble prone. Macs were considerably less so. And UNIX boxes
> had the
>         > fewest problems of all for Frame users.
>
> David Mason responded:
>
> > Come on...thats a buch of nonsense. Mac has as many problems as PCs...
>
> I reply:
> Thanks for your opinion. Do you have any specific evidence with regard
> to Frame that PCs and Macs are equally good? And do you disagree with my
> claim that UNIX is better than either of those for running Frame?
>
> Michael LaTorra
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