gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (01/14/89)
In article <19070@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu writes: >I've heard recently of something called 9th edition UNIX being used at >Bell Labs. How does this fit in UNIX family tree. I thought all UNIX >coming out of would be Sys V, SysV.4 being the next generation. UNIX System V is the commercial AT&T UNIX product. 9th Edition UNIX is used only internally by some of the Bell Labs research staff, plus a small number of selected outside sites that were considered to be likely to contribute to its development (just a few universities so far as I know). Many of 8th and 9th Edition UNIX's innovations eventually appeared (usually in somewhat altered form) in the commercial product.
chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) (01/15/89)
In article <9374@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes: >Many of 8th and 9th Edition UNIX's innovations eventually appeared >(usually in somewhat altered form) in the commercial product. I think you mean `adulterated.' [ :-) ? ] -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris
debra@alice.UUCP (Paul De Bra) (01/16/89)
In article <15471@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >In article <9374@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes: >>Many of 8th and 9th Edition UNIX's innovations eventually appeared >>(usually in somewhat altered form) in the commercial product. > >I think you mean `adulterated.' [ :-) ? ] No I think the original poster really just meant "altered". This covers the range from "improved" to "garbled". Paul. -- ------------------------------------------------------ |debra@research.att.com | uunet!research!debra | ------------------------------------------------------
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn ) (01/16/89)
In article <8767@alice.UUCP> debra@alice.UUCP () writes: >No I think the original poster really just meant "altered". This covers >the range from "improved" to "garbled". Yup. UNIX System V is a strange mixture of excellent and poor, depending on what part you look at. I don't know if it's getting a LOT better, but it tries to be more reliable than the research software, and sometimes accommodates a wider variety of applications. But it sure is big!