mike@rice (02/28/83)
From: Michael Caplinger <mike@rice> Date: 6 Jan 83 15:42:36-CST (Thu) This is to respond to a rumor about Rice's VMS/Unix emulator Phoenix that came to my attention. The first part of the rumor claimed that we had legal problems with SRI or Wollongong about distribution. This is not true; we will have no difficulty distributing as planned, for distribution charges (probably about $300) ONLY. The second part held that running Phoenix required that a site make patches to the VMS operating system kernel. This isn't true either. There are NO VMS MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED! The only facility used which is not explicitly defined as a VMS user interface is a psuedo-device driver that must be installed, but we are planning on eliminating this in version 2. But there are certainly no kernel mods required; we moved painlessly from VMS 3.0 to 3.1 with no changes. The system is heavily insulated, both from changes in VMS and from changes in Phoenix itself; for example, programs will not have to be relinked when different releases of Phoenix come out. - Mike ps. More information can be obtained by mailing to me or, preferably, to Phoenix-request.Rice@Udel-Relay.