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In article <1992Apr3.190000.23149@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> vsnyder@math.jpl.nasa.gov (Van Snyder) writes:
> Sure, my PC crashes more frequently than my Unix box, but when it does, it
> only takes 15 seconds to reboot, not 15 minutes.  I'm willing to put up with
> that to have a REALLY GOOD editor (brief or sage or ...) that I can afford
> ($250 or less), a REALLY GOOD word processor (WordPerfect 5.1 or Word or ...)
> that I can afford (~$500), a REALLY GOOD Fortran development system with a
> REALLY FAST compiler and REALLY GOOD debugger that knows Fortran, not just C
> (Lahey), a REALLY GOOD spread sheet, data base, ...

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Thank you. That's *exactly* my point.

> Maybe when YOUR workstation breaks some network related thing your Unix
> tells you more obviously what is going on. [sendmail horror story deleted]

Well, I tend to rip out complex crap like sendmail and stick simple stuff like
smail in instead. With a PC, I generally reinstall the software if anything
goes worng. At least it teaches me to be rel anal about writing down config
parameters. :->
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