[rescue] Sun 3/60

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

>On August 15, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
>> Then, let the flames commence ... :-)
>
>  Umm, the answer to *what*?

Um, what WAS the question again :-) ?

>  And there's one way NO PC will ever run rings around a Sun3/60:
>Reliability.  Some of those machines regularly had uptimes near 600
>days.  And they were in constant use.

Come on Dave, don't give me that.

As long as you don't run Windows OSes on PC hardware, they are pretty
stable and reliable.  It's the presence of the "Coded by Redmond virus"
that reduces PC reliability.

>  And I don't know anyone who's actually used the SunOS4 C compiler to
>do anything but bootstrap GCC.  Especially on a 68K, where GCC's
>optimizer kicks ass.

OK, I did not know this.


Cordially
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