larry@extel.UUCP (01/03/85)
The October BLTJ refers to the 8th edition of U*IX. All the published info from AT&T refers to Version 5. Anybody know why the disparity? Larry
honey@down.FUN (code 101) (01/06/85)
8th edition has not been released (with the exception of one educational license). lots of v8 ideas will show up in sys v, someday. peter
Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@Brl-Vld.ARPA> (01/07/85)
Let's get the nomenclature straight. The version of UNIX that AT&T is actively marketing is called "UNIX System V" (with "Release 2.0" or some such appended for different release levels, and "version 4" or some such appended to that to distinguish between versions for different CPU types and/or structural changes). That is NOT "Version 5", it is "System V". The various editions of UNIX as they were developed by Bell Labs computing science Research staff were called after the edition of the "UNIX Programmer's Manual" that described the system. The first UNIX distributed outside Bell Labs was the "Fifth Edition", the first available for commercial licensing was the "Sixth Edition", and the first relatively portable edition was the "Seventh Edition". The version recently developed for Bell Labs internal use, with a few copies apparently being made available to selected universities, is the "Eighth Edition". These "Editions" are often referred to as "Versions", with the Eighth Edition known as "Research Version 8" or "V8" for short. Although there is considerable commonality between the Research UNIX Editions and AT&T's marketed UNIX System V, there is also considerable difference, especially in network support. The Eighth Edition's character I/O system is different from that in any generally available UNIX and is described in the last article in the BLTJ.
arnold@gatech.UUCP (Arnold Robbins) (01/07/85)
> 8th edition has not been released (with the exception of one > educational license). [...] Who got this license, and how can other educational institutions get one also? I'd love to see V8! -- Arnold Robbins CSNET: arnold@gatech ARPA: arnold%gatech.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa UUCP: { akgua, allegra, hplabs, ihnp4, seismo, ut-sally }!gatech!arnold Help advance the state of Computer Science: Nuke a PR1ME today!