jbr0@cbnews.ATT.COM (joseph.a.brownlee) (04/30/90)
In article <1102@appleoz.oz.au> ksand@appleoz.oz.AU (Kent Sandvik) writes: >Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Pat Hayes) writes in article <PATRICK.HAYES.90Apr25071456@elendil.cediag.bull.fr>: >> In article <15757@cbnews.ATT.COM> I write: >> >As for A/UX 2.0, it sounds like Apple has added some really nice features, >> >but before I would even consider using it, it would have to be based on >> >System V 3.x (preferably 3.2), or even better, on System V 4.0. There are > >> What SVR[34] features are missing here? In Unix Sys V 3.x, off the top of my head: . Shared libraries (I hear A/UX has this) . Enhanced curses (including color and extended keyboard support) . Security enhancements (shadow files, t-bit on directories, etc.) . Sys V 3.x STREAMS . Remote File Sharing . 2K file system (a real speed improvement) . Enhanced printer spooler architecture . XENIX compatibility features . Misc. improvements to individual commands Unix Sys V 4.0 is so different from previous releases that I won't even begin to list features here, but it will pull in many useful BSD features. I have to believe that moving to 4.0 would be the best marketing strategy for Apple and A/UX in the future. Then there's the price... :-) -- - _ Joe Brownlee, Analysts International Corp. @ AT&T Network Systems /_\ @ / ` 471 E Broad St, Suite 1610, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 860-7461 / \ | \_, E-mail: jbr@cblph.att.com Who pays attention to what _I_ say? "Scotty, we need warp drive in 3 minutes or we're all dead!" --- James T. Kirk
gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) (05/09/90)
In article <16101@cbnews.ATT.COM> jbr0@cbnews.ATT.COM (joseph.a.brownlee) writes: >Unix Sys V 4.0 is so different from previous releases that I won't even begin >to list features here, but it will pull in many useful BSD features. I have >to believe that moving to 4.0 would be the best marketing strategy for Apple >and A/UX in the future. Hmmm... Well Commodore has already done this. Actually, it is System V R4.1. It is a full implementation. Nothing has been left out. It's like Prego spaghetti sauce. If you want a feature, "It's in there!". They should be releasing it within a couple of months. >Then there's the price... :-) Well, hey, if you want unix, you gotta pay 8-( Think of the cost of unix software too. You're no longer talking small change here. Commodore has done the right thing, in that they are going to bundle a bunch of stuff with their unix release. It also won't be very expensive from what I've heard... > > >-- > - _ Joe Brownlee, Analysts International Corp. @ AT&T Network Systems > /_\ @ / ` 471 E Broad St, Suite 1610, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 860-7461 > / \ | \_, E-mail: jbr@cblph.att.com Who pays attention to what _I_ say? > "Scotty, we need warp drive in 3 minutes or we're all dead!" --- James T. Kirk See ya, Ralph gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu gilgalad@goliath.eecs.umich.edu Ralph_Seguin@ub.cc.umich.edu gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu USER6TUN@UMICHUB.BITNET Ralph Seguin | In order to get infinitely many monkeys to type 11010 Lighthouse Dr. #234 | something that actually makes sense, you need to Belleville, MI 48111 | have infinitely many monkey editors as well. (313) 697-1048
cramer@sun.com (Sam Cramer) (05/10/90)
In article <2233@zipeecs.umich.edu>, gilgalad@dip (Ralph Seguin) writes: >Hmmm... Well Commodore has already done this. Actually, it is System V R4.1. >It is a full implementation. Nothing has been left out. It's like Prego spaghetti >sauce. If you want a feature, "It's in there!". They should be releasing it >within a couple of months. Hmmm... How are they going to release a SVr4.1-based product in "a couple of months" when AT&T hasn't released SVr4.1 yet? Sam