rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) (05/24/88)
[ The full press release is in comp.std.unix; check it out. ] I've heard this from a couple of people that I trust... The Open Software Foundation will be basing their Unix-style OS on AIX, which is System V release 2. One reason is that it is just too hard to prove that something like this contains no AT&T code to make it worthwhile. (I'm sure there were technical reasons behind the decision, too.) At least one programming group in one company is rather demoralized by the idea of having yet another OS to track. Anyone can join OSF. (I wonder how easy it will be for "newcomers" to join, given that you can't get a SysVrel2 license any more?) ATT was briefed a few weeks ago. (Anyone know when Sun was officially told?) Send your "don't quote me" facts to me, if you'd like them to appear on the net without your name attached... but make sure to prove that you're reliable. Your friendly netNEWS reporter, /rich $alz -- Please send comp.sources.unix-related mail to rsalz@uunet.uu.net.
jh@tut.fi (Juha Hein{nen) (05/26/88)
In article <760@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: >[ The full press release is in comp.std.unix; check it out. ] > >I've heard this from a couple of people that I trust... > >The Open Software Foundation will be basing their Unix-style OS >on AIX, which is System V release 2. One reason is that it is Which AIX? Based on IBM specs there are at least three different AIXs: AIX/370, AIX/PS-2, and AIX/RT, which are all different and none of which is Sys V Rel 2 compatible! At least AIX/370 will be compatible with BSD 4.x but may also include Sys V stuff. -- Juha Heinanen, Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland jh@tut.fi (Internet), tut!jh (UUCP), jh@tut (Bitnet)
karish@denali.stanford.edu (Chuck Karish) (05/30/88)
In article <3568@korppi.tut.fi> jh@tut.fi (Juha Hein{nen) writes: >In article <760@fig.bbn.com> rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: >>[ The full press release is in comp.std.unix; check it out. ] >> >>I've heard this from a couple of people that I trust... >> >>The Open Software Foundation will be basing their Unix-style OS >>on AIX, which is System V release 2. One reason is that it is > >Which AIX? Based on IBM specs there are at least three different AIXs: >AIX/370, AIX/PS-2, and AIX/RT, which are all different and none of >which is Sys V Rel 2 compatible! At least AIX/370 will be compatible >with BSD 4.x but may also include Sys V stuff. IBM representatives claim that they haven't had to deviate too far from their goal of being able to make AIX objects for all three systems from the same sources. I think you may be confusing AIX/370 with IBM/4.3, a completely different product. By the way, IBM has promised its customers that a number of BSD enhancements will be added to AIX this year. The remark about SysV Rel 2 compatibility surprises me. My understanding is that the original port for the RT was from Sys V Rel 1, but I don't know enough about the differences between V.1 and V.2 to tell whether AIX has followed the changes. Does anyone have more information? Chuck Karish ARPA: karish@denali.stanford.edu BITNET: karish%denali@forsythe.stanford.edu UUCP: {decvax,hplabs!hpda}!mindcrf!karish USPS: 1825 California St. #5 Mountain View, CA 94041