[TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants

[TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants

[Gregg C Levine]

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Hello from Gregg C Levine
Okay. That's almost how I describe the state of the art to my friends,
and co-workers, and even customers. But shouldn't you have sent this
to the list as well as to me?
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Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon at worldnet.att.net
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Natalia Portillo [mailto:iosglpgc at teleline.es]
> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 8:51 PM
> To: 'Gregg C Levine'
> Subject: RE: [TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants
> 
> I think that you can always compare with ice creams.
> 
> UNIX is an ice cream brand.
> It have many flavours: Bell/AT&T, BSD, Xenix, AIX, A/UX, Coherent,
etc.
> There are other brands.
> MINIX which have only a flavour.
> Linux, with many flavours as RedHat, YDL, Debian, etc
> 
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org
> > [mailto:tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] En nombre de Gregg C Levine
> > Enviado el: martes, 24 de junio de 2003 23:29
> > Para: 'Warren Toomey'; 'The Unix Heritage Society'
> > Asunto: RE: [TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants
> >
> >
> > Hello from Gregg C Levine
> > Go ahead and laugh, but your server could be having a bad day
today.
> > That being said, I am curious myself, as to the differences. Can
> > someone come up with the definite explanation regarding which is
> > which?
> > -------------------
> > Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon at worldnet.att.net
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > "The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
> > "Use the Force, Luke."  Obi-Wan Kenobi
> > (This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi )
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> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org
> > [mailto:tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] On
> > > Behalf Of Warren Toomey
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:22 PM
> > > To: The Unix Heritage Society
> > > Subject: [TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants
> > >
> > > I'm not sure why mailman rejected this e-mail. Anyway, here it
is.
> > > 	Warren
> > >
> > >  Subject: RE: [TUHS] Getting UNIXs for 16-bit 8086
> > >  Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:39:11 -0700
> > >  Thread-Topic: [TUHS] Getting UNIXs for 16-bit 8086
> > >  From: "Ian King" <iking at windows.microsoft.com>
> > >  To: "Natalia Portillo" <iosglpgc at teleline.es>,
> > <tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org>
> > >
> > > I'm trying to discern the difference between a variant and a
> > derivative.
> > > :-)  Yes, we can trace back to the One True UNIX, but after
things
> > > started branching it gets pretty confusing.  It's possibly an
> > > indefensible taxonomy to distinguish a 'variant' (Coherent?
XINU?)
> > from
> > > a derivative (which would encompass any BSD forms, I guess).
> > >
> > > FWIW, a while back someone was selling XINU ported to 8086 (I
recall
> > > buying a set of 5-1/4" source disks a thousand or so years ago).
Is
> > > that more the sort of thing you're looking for?  The current
> > version(s)
> > > of XINU are available at
> > http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/xsoft.html,
> > > according to Google.  -- Ian
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[TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants

[Gregg C Levine]

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Hello from Gregg C Levine
Go ahead and laugh, but your server could be having a bad day today.
That being said, I am curious myself, as to the differences. Can
someone come up with the definite explanation regarding which is
which?
-------------------
Gregg C Levine hansolofalcon at worldnet.att.net
------------------------------------------------------------
"The Force will be with you...Always." Obi-Wan Kenobi
"Use the Force, Luke."  Obi-Wan Kenobi
(This company dedicates this E-Mail to General Obi-Wan Kenobi )
(This company dedicates this E-Mail to Master Yoda )



> -----Original Message-----
> From: tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org
[mailto:tuhs-bounces at minnie.tuhs.org] On
> Behalf Of Warren Toomey
> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 6:22 PM
> To: The Unix Heritage Society
> Subject: [TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants
> 
> I'm not sure why mailman rejected this e-mail. Anyway, here it is.
> 	Warren
> 
>  Subject: RE: [TUHS] Getting UNIXs for 16-bit 8086
>  Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:39:11 -0700
>  Thread-Topic: [TUHS] Getting UNIXs for 16-bit 8086
>  From: "Ian King" <iking at windows.microsoft.com>
>  To: "Natalia Portillo" <iosglpgc at teleline.es>,
<tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org>
> 
> I'm trying to discern the difference between a variant and a
derivative.
> :-)  Yes, we can trace back to the One True UNIX, but after things
> started branching it gets pretty confusing.  It's possibly an
> indefensible taxonomy to distinguish a 'variant' (Coherent?  XINU?)
from
> a derivative (which would encompass any BSD forms, I guess).
> 
> FWIW, a while back someone was selling XINU ported to 8086 (I recall
> buying a set of 5-1/4" source disks a thousand or so years ago).  Is
> that more the sort of thing you're looking for?  The current
version(s)
> of XINU are available at
http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/xsoft.html,
> according to Google.  -- Ian
> _______________________________________________
> TUHS mailing list
> TUHS at minnie.tuhs.org
> http://minnie.tuhs.org/mailman/listinfo/tuhs

[TUHS] Unix Derivatives and Variants

[Warren Toomey]

I'm not sure why mailman rejected this e-mail. Anyway, here it is.
	Warren

 Subject: RE: [TUHS] Getting UNIXs for 16-bit 8086
 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 14:39:11 -0700
 Thread-Topic: [TUHS] Getting UNIXs for 16-bit 8086
 From: "Ian King" <iking at windows.microsoft.com>
 To: "Natalia Portillo" <iosglpgc at teleline.es>, <tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org>

I'm trying to discern the difference between a variant and a derivative.
:-)  Yes, we can trace back to the One True UNIX, but after things
started branching it gets pretty confusing.  It's possibly an
indefensible taxonomy to distinguish a 'variant' (Coherent?  XINU?) from
a derivative (which would encompass any BSD forms, I guess).   

FWIW, a while back someone was selling XINU ported to 8086 (I recall
buying a set of 5-1/4" source disks a thousand or so years ago).  Is
that more the sort of thing you're looking for?  The current version(s)
of XINU are available at http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/dec/xsoft.html,
according to Google.  -- Ian