krause@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu (12/15/89)
A while back there was a little discussion about System V Release 4.
It was generally agreed that it would be available in the first half
of '90 (at least, that was my impression). Now, I have a couple of
questions:
o There was also a hint that it might be "cheaper". Does anyone
know specifically how its pricing will compare to Sys V R3.2?
o Is anyone planning an upgrade path from R3.2? I.e., if I bought
ISC right now, would I be stuck in 6 months with no upgrade?
And if yes, again, how many $$ are we talking about?
o Does R4 include a full ANSI C and ANSI library?
o Anyone know when it will _really_ be available? ;-)
Thanks for any help you can offer.
James Krause
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BITNET: krause@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.eduken@metaware.metaware.com (ken) (12/17/89)
In article <41800003@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu> krause@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu writes: > > o There was also a hint that it might be "cheaper". Does anyone > know specifically how its pricing will compare to Sys V R3.2? AT&T is planning on revamping their pricing structure. I don't know how much that would affect the 386 retail level though. > o Does R4 include a full ANSI C and ANSI library? It is supposed to be but I found several violations in the header files without looking too hard. Thier preprocessor also has some none-ansi intrinsics and will be needed to digest their header files. I had a friend of mine report this to the compiler group at AT&T and I don't know what became of it. Ken Chapin MetaWare Inc. internet: ken@metaware.com uucp: ...!uunet!metaware!ken -- Ken