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From: CHARLES KESTER <corky1951@comcast.net>
To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org
Subject: Re: [TUHS] What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines)
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 14:46:08 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <12774577.233803.1578523569116@connect.xfinity.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2808f855-7525-52b9-3d18-1e95580f2e62@osta.com>

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> On January 8, 2020 at 8:56 AM Heinz Lycklama <heinz@osta.com> wrote:
> 
>     Two other major vendors competing with Xenix were:
>         1. INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. (ISC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Systems_Corporation [founded in 1977] with PC/IX, and later IS/3, etc.
>         2. Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Operation [founded in 1979] with SCO UNIX, etc.
>     There were also a number of smaller players in this space.
> 
This brings back memories.  My first exposure to Unix (ca. 1985) was Interactive 386/ix.  I think I still have the floppies for it around here somewhere.  I don't know if they're still readable but if anyone wants them, send me a private email.


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  reply	other threads:[~2020-01-08 22:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-01-07 10:56 [TUHS] Unix/World Magazines Warren Toomey
2020-01-07 22:22 ` [TUHS] What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines) reed
2020-01-07 23:12   ` Dave Horsfall
2020-01-07 23:27     ` Warner Losh
2020-01-07 23:36       ` Adam Thornton
2020-01-08  7:46         ` Thomas Paulsen
2020-01-08 12:40           ` Matt Rudge
2020-01-08 16:56           ` Heinz Lycklama
2020-01-08 22:46             ` CHARLES KESTER [this message]
2020-01-08  7:46         ` Thomas Paulsen
2020-01-08  0:44     ` [TUHS] XENIX and Linux (was: What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines)) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-01-08 22:15     ` [TUHS] What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines) Dave Horsfall
2020-01-08 23:29       ` Harald Arnesen
2020-01-09  0:01         ` ron
2020-01-09  0:19           ` Heinz Lycklama
2020-01-09  0:19         ` Dave Horsfall
2020-01-09  3:25         ` David Arnold
2020-01-09  4:56           ` Adam Thornton
2020-01-07 23:21   ` Peter Cetinski
2020-01-08  0:50   ` [TUHS] IBM PC and XENIX (was: What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines)) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-01-08  2:58     ` reed
2020-01-08 12:18   ` [TUHS] What happened with XENIX? Michael Kjörling
2020-01-08 21:55     ` [TUHS] Dating quotes (was: What happened with XENIX?) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2020-01-08 23:48       ` reed

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