sob@harvisr.harvard.edu (Scott Bradner) (07/16/89)
I'm preparing a talk on UNIX(tm) for IBMers and am trying to update my list of the various names for UNIX(tm). If you see errors of commission or omission please send me a note. (Yes I'll post the final list. ) Thanks Scott Bradner Harvard University sob@harvard.harvard.edu ...!harvard!sob 386/ix Interactive Systems 42nix Whitechapel ABCenix DIAB Accel Celerity AIX IBM AMIX Amega AOS IBM Arix Arix Corp. ASTR-IX NEC A/UX Apple Computer AUX Apollo BSD University of Calf. Berkeley Centix Convergent Technology CLIX Fairchild Coherent Mark Williams Concentrix Alliant CPIX IBM Cromix Cromemco C-XIX Counterpoint CTIX Convergent Technology Desktop/UX Data General DG/UX Data General Distrix Convergent Technology DNIX DIAB Domain/IX Apollo Domain/OS Apollo DRS/NX ICL Dualix Dual DVIX Northern Telecom Dynix Sequent edition7 Concurrent Computer Eighth Edition AT&T ENIX ELXSI Eunice The Wollongong Group For:Pro Fortune Genix National Semiconductor GNU Free Software Foundation GX Transport Canada HCX/UX Harris HP-UX Hewlett-Packard ICON/UXB Icon INIX Compugraphic IN/ix Wang IDRIS Whitesmiths Iris Silicon Graphics IS/1 Interactive Systems IS/3 Interactive Systems IS/WB Interactive Systems IX/370 IBM LynxOS Lynx Real-Time Systems Mach CMU MERT AT&T MORE/bsd Mt. Xinu MKS Toolkit Mortice Kern Systems Minix Andrew Tanenbaum MPX Philips MS-UX NEC Munix Cadmus MV/UX Data General Mxelos Perkin-Elmer NDIX Norsk Data Nuxi Instruction Set (London) Opus 5 Opus Systems OSF/1 Open Software Foundation Osnix Osiris OSx Pyramid PC/IX IBM PC-UX NEC Perpos Computer Consoles Inc. POSIX IEEE Primix Pr1me Regulus Alcyon Corp. ROS Ridge RTU Masscomp Scenix Scientific Computer Systems Sinix Siemens Sironix Unison SunOS Sun Microsystems Symmetrix Symmetric sysV68 Logic Process System V/386 Microport System V/AT Microport SX/1100 Unisys SX/AR E20 Panafacom TAU Associated Computer Experts Topix Sequoia Tower Operating Sys. NCR TX Tolerant Systems UCOS Honeywell-BULL UMAX Encore UMIPS Mips UniCOS Cray UniFLEX Technical Systems Consulting UniStride MicroSage Uniq Uniq Digital Technologys Unity HCR UniPlus+ UniSoft UNIX\(tm AT&T UNOS Charles River Data Systems UTS Amdahl UTX/32 Gould UTek Tektronix ULTRIX DEC UN/V Vinix V7M DEC VM/IX IBM VS IN/ix Wang VX/VE CDC Venix VentureCom Xelos Concurrent Computer Xenix Microsoft XINU Doug Comer (semi-clone) Zeus Zilog
sob@harvisr.harvard.edu (Scott Bradner) (08/04/89)
Well, here is the result of my request for the the 10,000 names of UNIX. What we have here is a list of the names of software that is, tries to be, wishes it were, pretends to be, or looks a bit like UNIX. Thanks to the dozens of you who sent me additional names and corrections to last year's list. If there are still more names &/or corrections, I think I still want them. Scott sob@harvard.harvard.edu 386/ix Interactive Systems 42nix Whitechapel ABCenix DIAB AIX IBM Ajax Amoeba AMIX Commodore-Amiga AOS Altos AOS IBM Arix Arix Corp. ASTR-IX NEC A/UX Apple Computer AUX Apollo BSD University of Calf. Berkeley Centix Convergent Technologies CLIX Intergraph Corp. CHORUS/MIX Chorus Systems Coherent Mark Williams Concentrix Alliant CPIX IBM Cromix Cromemco C-XIX Counterpoint CTIX Convergent Technologies cXV/RT Motorola Desktop/UX Data General DEMOS Inst. Nuke. Eng. USSR DG/UX Data General DGUX Data General Distrix Convergent Technologies DNIX DIAB Domain/IX Apollo Domain/OS Apollo DRS/NX ICL, NZ Dualix Dual DUNIX Bell Comm. Research DVIX Northern Telecom Dynix Sequent Edition VII Concurrent Computer Eighth Edition AT&T ENIX Everex Esix Evans and Sutherland ETA System V CDC(ETA) Eunice The Wollongong Group For:Pro Fortune FPX FPS Computing Genix National Semiconductor GNU Free Software Foundation GX Transport Canada HCX/UX Harris HP-UX Hewlett-Packard ICON/UXB Icon ICON/UXV SANYO/Icon INIX Compugraphic IN/ix Wang INMOS USSR IDRIS Whitesmiths IRIX Silicon Graphics IS/1 Interactive Systems IS/3 Interactive Systems IS/WB Interactive Systems IX Interactive Systems IX/370 IBM LynxOS Lynx Real-Time Systems Mach CMU Magix Tektronix MERT AT&T MORE/bsd Mt. Xinu MKS Toolkit Mortice Kern Systems Minix Andrew Tanenbaum MNOS Novosibirsk, USSR MPIX Telemat, France MP/OS Solbourne MPX Philips MS-UX NEC Munix Cadmus MV/UX Data General Mxelos Perkin-Elmer NDIX Norsk Data Ninth Edition AT&T Nuxi Instruction Set (London) nX BBN Opus 5 Opus Systems OSF/1 Open Software Foundation Osnix Osiris OSx Pyramid PC/IX IBM PC-UX NEC Perpos Computer Consoles Inc. PNX Perq POSIX IEEE Primix Pr1me PWB AT&T QNX Quantum Software Ltd. REALIX Modcomp Regulus Alcyon Corp. RISC iX Acorn Computers RISC/os MIPS Computer Systems ROS Ridge RTU Concurrent Computer Comp. Scenix Scientific Computer Systems SCO-Xenix SCO Seventh Edition AT&T Sinix Siemens Sironix Unison Sixth Edition AT&T SMX INRIA, France SPIX Bull, France Stellix Stellar SunOS Sun Microsystems Symmetrix Symmetric sysV68 Motorola Microcomputer Div. sysV88 Motorola Microcomputer Div. System V/386 Microport System V/AT Microport SYSTEM V/68 Motorola SYSTEM V/88 Motorola SX/1100 Unisys SX/AR E20 Panafacom SX-UX NEC TAU Associated Computer Experts Tnix Tektronix Topix Sequoia Tower Operating Sys. NCR T/PIX Toshiba TRIX MIT TUNIS Toronto University TX Tolerant Systems UCOS Honeywell-BULL UMAX Encore UMIPS Mips UniCOS Cray UniFLEX Technical Systems Consulting UniStride MicroSage Uniq Uniq Digital Technologys Unity HCR UniPlus+ UniSoft UNIX\(tm AT&T UNOS Charles River Data Systems UTS Amdahl UTS Ardent UTX/32 Gould UTek Tektronix Ultrix DEC UN/V Vinix V7M DEC VM/IX IBM VS IN/ix Wang VX/VE CDC Venix VentureCom Xelos Concurrent Computer Xenix Microsoft XINU Doug Comer (semi-clone) Zeus Zilog
rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) (08/05/89)
? From: Scott Bradner <sob@harvisr.harvard.edu> ? Well, here is the result of my request for the the 10,000 names of ? UNIX. What we have here is a list of the names of software that ? is, tries to be, wishes it were, pretends to be, or looks a bit like UNIX. ? Scott ? sob@harvard.harvard.edu Yeah, but how about all the fantasy versions that never were? I'll start the list: tunics Roman version Munichs German version lunix Neil Armstrong was the first user TomMix old radio version atomics has its own reactor for a UPS StevieNicks used in the music industry Nogoodniks Russian version Refuseniks Russion user group BigBlunix IBM's version Mannix for detective agencys Phoenix system that crashes and reboots every day punix small version for micros runix magical version Soonix Okie version zoonix for the animals Root Boy Jim Have GNU, Will Travel.
karish@forel.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) (08/05/89)
In article <20515@adm.BRL.MIL> rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) wrote: >? From: Scott Bradner <sob@harvisr.harvard.edu> >? Well, here is the result of my request for the the 10,000 names of >? UNIX. What we have here is a list of the names of software that >? is, tries to be, wishes it were, pretends to be, or looks a bit like UNIX. >Yeah, but how about all the fantasy versions that never were? >I'll start the list: >tunics Roman version [ ... ] >punix small version for micros ^^^^^ I thought this was the Carthaginian version (or, is `punics' something different?). Shows how much I know. Chuck Karish {decwrl,hpda}!mindcrf!karish (415) 493-9000 karish@forel.stanford.edu
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) (08/07/89)
razor_nicks for the very sharp -- Pete Holsberg -- Mercer College -- Trenton, NJ 08690 ...!rutgers!princeton!njsmu!mccc!pjh
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (08/07/89)
In article <20515@adm.BRL.MIL>, rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes: > Phoenix system that crashes and reboots every day I believe this one has been used. According to informed sources, Phoenix was a UNIX-on-top-of-VMS implementation done at Rice University that succumbed to political and legal pressure from the Wollongong group who apparently didn't want competition for Eunice. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. | "The sentence I am now Personal: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-' | writing is the sentence Quote: Have you hugged your wolf today? 'U` | you are now reading"
CES00661%UDACSVM.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Bob Rahe) (08/07/89)
Then there's "SueNix" - the lawyers version.
toppin@melpar.UUCP (Doug Toppin) (08/08/89)
Don't forget the Fleetwood Mack Unix: 'stevie_nix'
tawab@net4.UUCP (08/09/89)
Hy, whats about asterix: an verry early version from the french Robin Tawab D-8000 Munic (West Germany) Tel.: xxx-89/3601-3171 eunet: tawab.muc@nixpbe.UUCP !USA: mcvax!unido!nixpbe!tawab.muc USA: uunet!linus!nixbur!tawab.muc
nik@b11.ingr.com (Nik Simpson) (08/09/89)
Let us not forget
sputnix The First Unix in orbit
and 2 versions widely in use in the medical world
clinix
medix
Nik Simpson uunet!ingr!swndn!st_nik!nikjacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) (08/10/89)
punnix -- For people with... special needs. You know who you are.
--
Jacob Gore Jacob@Gore.Com {nucsrl,boulder}!gore!jacobmdm@ulysses.homer.nj.att.com (MikeD) (08/11/89)
In article <471@mccc.UUCP>, pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) writes: > razor_nicks for the very sharp catatonix - for those of us who've been doing it too long. MikeD
frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) (08/11/89)
In article <20515@adm.BRL.MIL> rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes: >Yeah, but how about all the fantasy versions that never were? clonix -- looks like it, quacks like it, ... weakandpunix -- underpowered system Dunix -- Frank Herbert's version -- Frank Wales, Systems Manager, [frank@zen.co.uk<->mcvax!zen.co.uk!frank] Zengrange Ltd., Greenfield Rd., Leeds, ENGLAND, LS9 8DB. (+44) 532 489048 x217
mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) (08/15/89)
In article <20515@adm.BRL.MIL>, rbj@dsys.ncsl.nist.gov (Root Boy Jim) writes: [the attributions look strange; they may not be right.] >> From: Scott Bradner <sob@harvisr.harvard.edu> >> What we have here is a list of the names of software that is, tries >> to be, wishes it were, pretends to be, or looks a bit like UNIX. > Yeah, but how about all the fantasy versions that never were? I always thought Sun missed a good opportunity when they named their version. We could have had Sunix instead of this boring SunOS.... der Mouse old: mcgill-vision!mouse new: mouse@larry.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
bph@buengc.BU.EDU (Blair P. Houghton) (08/15/89)
In article <1615@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: >I always thought Sun missed a good opportunity when they named their >version. We could have had Sunix instead of this boring SunOS.... I understand, but... "Soonix?" That's how I would pronounce it. Sunnix isn't quite the same, somehow. --Blair "Name recognition is very important, you know. For companies, too."
scott@dtscp1.UUCP (Scott Barman) (08/17/89)
In article <3767@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes: |In article <1615@mcgill-vision.UUCP> mouse@mcgill-vision.UUCP (der Mouse) writes: |>I always thought Sun missed a good opportunity when they named their |>version. We could have had Sunix instead of this boring SunOS.... | |I understand, but... | |"Soonix?" | |That's how I would pronounce it. No, no, no!! That's the name of the new NeXT operating system... as in: is it going to be ready Soonix? :-) :-) -- scott barman {gatech, emory}!dtscp1!scott
dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) (08/19/89)
And, of course there's: tunix which is the old Roman version ...... -- dg@lakart.UUCP - David Goodenough +---+ IHS | +-+-+ ....... !harvard!xait!lakart!dg +-+-+ | AKA: dg%lakart.uucp@xait.xerox.com +---+
olorin@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Dave Weinstein) (08/19/89)
Not to mention.... RealSoonix -- The Vaporware version -- Dave Weinstein olorin@walt.cc.utexas.edu (512) 339-4407 Home GEnie: DHWEINSTEIN My employers never agree with me anyway.
paulr@sequent.UUCP (Paul Reger) (08/22/89)
Then there's: Rubix The cube version...
mikey@ontek.UUCP (Mike Lee) (08/24/89)
Nosepix
schneck@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Bernhard Schneck) (08/31/89)
In article <660@lakart.UUCP> dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes: > >And, of course there's: > > tunix > >which is the old Roman version ...... We at the Technische Universitaet (TU) Muenchen had a 68k based Unix port called tunix. More, in Bavarian dialect 'tu nix' means 'Do Nothing', which was a very good descriptive name for that system! :-) \Bernhard. Bernhard Schneck Bavarian Net: B.Schneck@physik.tu-muenchen.de Physik-Department E17 or: schneck@marvin[.physik.tu-muenchen.de] TU Muenchen Internet/DFN: schneck@t30.physik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de 8046 Garching schneck@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de
goldfarb@hcx9.UCF.EDU (08/31/89)
I guess I need to perpetuate this lunacy just for the hell of it. I'd heard about a small group of German computer scientists who were working on a Unix rewrite that would run on parallel and distributed architectures. Since they didn't want it confused with Mach and they didn't care much what it was called they called it Machts-nix ---------------- I prefer to remain anonymous, except in headers xxxx@yyyy.zzz.mil
mike@cochise (09/04/89)
schneck@charly.bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Bernhard Schneck) writes: ->In article <660@lakart.UUCP> dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes: ->> ->>And, of course there's: ->> tunix ->>which is the old Roman version ...... ->We at the Technische Universitaet (TU) Muenchen had a 68k based Unix port ->called tunix. More, in Bavarian dialect 'tu nix' means 'Do Nothing', which ->was a very good descriptive name for that system! :-) when we first ported u**x to our boxes, we came up with a variety of names. an interesting one was deived from 'nix' and our company name PCS. someone suggested pe*ix! we decided to rather call it munix after that;-) -- Mike Schroeder PCS-Mail: msc DOMAIN: msc@cochise.pcs.de (EUR) or msc@cochise.pcs.com (US) BANG: ..unido!pcsbst!msc (EUR) or ..pyramid!pcsbst!msc (US)
zak@euteb6.UUCP (PAUL_ZAK) (09/21/89)
There's also one beast called IPIX - it's been developed in Poland in the Institute of Computer Science Principles of Polish Academy of Science ( in Polish the name of the institute is 'Instytut Podstaw Informatyki' - that's why IPIX ). The system is running on PC's and is supposed to be compatible with AT&T UNIX System V. Paul +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pawel Zak Email : zak@eb.ele.tue.nl | | Eindhoven University of Technology The Netherlands | | Digital Systems Section tel. home : 040-815995 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+
richm@cbnewsm.ATT.COM (richard.a.miani) (09/22/89)
did anybody mention the system invented by Willis Reed, Dave DeBusschere, Bill Bradley, Walt Frazier, and Earl (the Pearl) Monroe ? of course, its newyorkknicks .... Rich -- Rich Miani ram@lcuxlm.att.com Other Paths: ram%lcuxlm@research.att.com ...arpa!lcuxlm!ram
perry@ccssrv.UUCP (Perry Hutchison) (09/23/89)
Is someone, somewhere, accumulating a canonical list of "The Names of the Beast"? A lot of these are too good to lose!