HP-UX

(thing) by novarese (?) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:01:58
The worst version of commercial unix available. It's not as nonstandard as AIX, but it has plenty of deficiencies to make up for that. Often referred to as HP-SUX. HP-UX sounds great at first, with things like kernel threads, but then you find out none of you current programs will port over to the damn thing without a lot of work. Plus the PA-RISC processor is a real dog. And all of their cabinets look like they were designed in 1970.
(thing) by Lumpy Fred (6 y) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Sat Nov 13 1999 at 10:09:06

HP/UX is a common misspelling of HP-UX. MPE admins almost always spell it HP/UX. People who don't know what it is almost always spell it HPUX.

HP-UX is a marvelously stable OS that runs on fairly decent hardware. It comes with a hideously crappy admin "tool" called SAM and a freaking wonderful version of LVM.

Anyone declaring that free *nix rules and commercial *nix sucks, has never used Online JFS and LVM.

(thing) by pokey (8.9 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Mon Mar 27 2000 at 8:57:22
It is also interesting to note that, were Dave Packard given first billing over Bill Hewlett, the OS would have been called PH/UX. Some believe that this naming scheme is more appropriate than the original. Compare HP/SUX
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