Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:08:40 -0500 (CDT) From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root) To: craig@seabass.progroup.com (Craig Shaver) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. AIX Message-ID: <199604221308.IAA03742@astro.acs.uswest.com> In-Reply-To: <199604200734.AAA21985@seabass.progroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at Apr 20, 96 00:34:12 am
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In a previous message, Craig Shaver said: > > > Anyone out there know the full lineage of AIX? > > I worked with it up to 1990, and I remember at the time that they stopped > tracking SYSV around r.2 (or maybe r.3). The reason was the licensing or > some such thing, and at that same time for the same reason OSF got started. > (Don't quote me! :) HPUX did about the same thing. IBM always tried to > do their own thing with the OS, especially with the Sys Admin stuff. I > also remember having to deal with pg instead of more on that damn thing, > and some weird implementation of ethernet tcp/ip. Before that they worked > with Interactive Systems to get their first official version of UNIX. I > think they are now doing it all in house in Austin. > > (Don't quote me! :) > (Don't quote me! :) > (Don't quote me! :) Strange system. I was a contractor at IBM, Kingston for the AIX/ESA (370) project back in '88. I didn't last long (9-10 months), it just drove me crazy. The Kernel guys seemed to know what they were doing, but the code from Austin didn't impress many of us. Shortly after I left, they abandoned the Austin code (RS/6000) and began again based on OSF/1. They did release the product, I believe, but, I don't think many were sold. Paul. -- Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service ptroot@uswest.com
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