[TUHS] the V distributed system

[TUHS] the V distributed system

[Wesley Parish]

I was researching various windowing systems for various reasons and I found 
the mention of the V distributed sytem on the W article stub on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W_Window_System
"W was originally developed at Stanford University by Paul Asente and Brian 
Reid for the V operating system."

A few questions here: is V close enough to Unix to warrant winding up in 
an "Other" category in the TUHS repository?  Does anyone have a copy of it 
(plus source if possible)?  If so, who should I contact?

Thanks

Wesley Parish
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[TUHS] the V distributed system

[Al Kossow]

Wesley Parish wrote:
> 
> A few questions here: is V close enough to Unix to warrant winding up in 
> an "Other" category in the TUHS repository?

Possibly, though the main connection is the implementation language.
You can refer to documents on it at
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/stanford/v-system

   Does anyone have a copy of it
> (plus source if possible)?  If so, who should I contact?

At one point, Stanford was licensing it. Check with David
Cherriton to see what its current status is. Copies may be
available if clearance can be obtained to release it.