From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id ad7eb229 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:41:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C46C59BCC9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 22:41:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA9DB9BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 22:41:06 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B84599BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 22:41:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f196.google.com (mail-qt1-f196.google.com [209.85.160.196]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1CCF7945FC for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 22:41:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f196.google.com with SMTP id w47so2635477qtk.4 for ; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:41:04 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=hp6Z12lgRNjhRYWGExab7htduTp8WSdiSw2a2tIFCwo=; b=H2UAw1NAoxS8HHbBpTBjisHJ9+rsd1/lrlLP7UbaDValRxbTkakY+esjskiELBSP48 aIahMVyPN3yBDimqeF7b+qoVgIsJLtu3FeOspDS7wt0TiJzJmlmya/JF43M5VjUB/w45 YF35tLNIEaIV5/fjHpQFP0B8JMLJxNKIvAmXZOOrCAEjGqdRl1NoTP3UDzZjxpuBQ+s8 p1QZPo9XpL6cFYocQ0816WAVql/z7EQYvlgmCu8bRS0q//XCOsswnLCsnFS6XwXDNJDR LnNObUVkC5ILY7m7Re6V+AYIaLrEu1x0V0wlriw6pyxQy9ZAbbb0WG8tzuc376brj/Fz cD6g== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWi1NX4iUbl5oVFMDLPf4kB8vRfyetN0Fz8PcYEqzHSojO7oiEg 6gfmLbt+Z4Ir8NQQrmmplViZ1d7hReBPphISN2s= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyjQE/H+CG7WGr8EZAdD5aMFR0DSyBDHIQcsX0lhvLONPjQ8ffzsjobqqUZ0eRBkSZUBqlVGhYAbWGraDWjoG4= X-Received: by 2002:aed:2b04:: with SMTP id p4mr3300598qtd.270.1578487263280; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 04:41:03 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200107105615.GA16081@minnie.tuhs.org> <81a090b1892b04644c0357805bb75440@firemail.de> In-Reply-To: <81a090b1892b04644c0357805bb75440@firemail.de> From: Matt Rudge Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:40:27 +0000 Message-ID: To: Thomas Paulsen Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] What happened with XENIX? (was Re: Unix/World Magazines) X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 07:48, Thomas Paulsen wrote: > > >Hell, Linux didn't exist at all till '91. > >I think Xenix was more just a casualty of the Unix Wars. The victors there > >were SunOS/Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX. There were a bunch more walking > >wounded that never really achieved much market share. > 'In the mid-to-late 1980s, XENIX was the most common UNIX variant, measured according to the number of machines on which it was installed.' > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix > I do remember supporting a small Xenix userbase in the mid-90's in southeast Ireland. Mostly in law offices, surprisingly. They were very resilient, usually running on a Wang PC-02 with greenscreen terminals (Wyse, I think). Although they worked fine for their intended purpose (word processing etc.), the allure of Windows was their demise.