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Subject:	Re: Unix 9 to 10 (was: Express 4 power patch (Official answer))
From:	Lars Appel <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Lars Appel <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 4 Mar 1998 23:58:32 +0100
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At 10:44 02.03.1998 +0000, you wrote:
>That being said, I just recently installed a new Unix box for a customer,
>upgrading from 9.04 to 10.20 at the same time, and my appreciation of MPE is
>back up in the stratosphere again.  HP-UX 10.20 and HP-UX 9.04 shouldn't even
>be considered the same operating system; the patching process is a nightmare
>(here's a list of 2000 patches -- which ones do you want?); SAM broke, and
>after 16 hours the reponse center still couldn't get it fixed and escalated
>it a second time (it *still* doesn't work).

It was always my impression that Unix 9.x to 10.x seems to be even more
complex/difficult than MPE/V to MPE/iX (16 bit CISC to 32+ bit RISC).

Lars (only speaking for myself, of course)

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