From: Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>
To: Charles H Sauer <sauer@technologists.com>
Cc: TUHS main list <tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] IBM Unix source licenses [was Re: PWB vs Unix/TS
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 12:31:13 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7dMtDKRe99jY4iN8zkHo=evMYDOrmF8X1zLAf+sRxR3d7CmQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c704d50c-dc9b-c703-a18c-86c411ae5d3f@technologists.com>
Charlie, there is some interesting history of the pre-RS/6000 AIX
stuff here (you give a quote :)). Particularly page 41 gives a
chronology of UNIX at IBM:
https://amaus.net/static/S100/IBM/RTPC/AIX%20Family%20Definition%201989.pdf
Prior to AIX the Series/1 had a UNIX port in the early '80s. I think
that work happened in Boca Raton.
There are some bizarre anecdotes from Craig Newmark on the above
https://craigconnects.org/2014/12/29/knowing-when-to-keep-your-mouth-shut/.
The S/1 was a PDP competitor (or at least very squarely in the PLC,
interfacing and real time worlds) and IBM was driving much more
successful product lines, especially the PC, and later AT and RT, that
were better suited for competing in the UNIX space.
I don't remember where I read this, but I recently came across someone
claiming that AT&T tried to sell UNIX to IBM outright in the early
1980s. I'm guessing '81-'82 because the '83 divestment opened up the
direct commercialization by AT&T as System III/V.
Regards,
Kevin
On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 9:55 AM Charles H Sauer <sauer@technologists.com> wrote:
>
> On 9/11/2019 10:36 AM, Clem Cole wrote:
> ...
> > OSF would eventually use the IBM SVR3 license as its base [which
> > makes me believe IBM must have had a V7 redistribution license too.
> > Somebody like Charlie Saurer might know]. Anyway, IBM, DEC and HP all
> > shipped OSF 'licensed' systems although only DEC would switch to an
> > OSF/1 based kernel.
>
> "Sauer"
>
> idk. As far as I know, IBM Austin did not get source licenses until
> System V. Before Clay Cipione became the AIX development manager in the
> AFWS -> RT transition, Austin did not have source licenses, as far as I
> know. Clay insisted that we have source.
>
> It is plausible that Don Rozenberg had V7 license at Yorktown and/or
> ACIS had V7 license for BSD stuff.
>
> I'm blind copying Clay and another AIX alumnus that might know for sure.
>
> Charlie
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Thread overview: 82+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-09 6:25 [TUHS] " Warner Losh
2019-09-09 6:36 ` arnold
2019-09-10 15:16 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-11 0:28 ` Steve Johnson
2019-09-11 3:53 ` Warner Losh
2019-09-11 15:36 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-11 16:55 ` [TUHS] IBM Unix source licenses [was " Charles H Sauer
2019-09-12 19:31 ` Kevin Bowling [this message]
2019-09-12 20:59 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-12 21:09 ` [TUHS] IBM Unix source licenses - Series/1 NUXI Ronald Natalie
2019-09-12 21:31 ` [TUHS] IBM Unix source licenses [was Re: PWB vs Unix/TS Warner Losh
2019-09-12 22:30 ` jcs
2019-09-12 23:12 ` reed
2019-09-12 23:22 ` jcs
2019-09-12 23:29 ` [TUHS] IBM Unix source licenses Warren Toomey
2019-09-13 7:06 ` arnold
2019-09-13 8:30 ` SPC
2019-09-14 18:29 ` Warner Losh
2019-09-12 21:29 ` [TUHS] IBM Unix source licenses [was Re: PWB vs Unix/TS Charles H Sauer
2019-09-11 17:49 ` [TUHS] " Richard Salz
2019-09-11 17:52 ` ron
2019-09-11 21:44 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-11 18:11 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-11 18:18 ` Richard Salz
2019-09-11 18:54 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-11 21:05 ` Steve Johnson
2019-09-11 21:34 ` Steve Johnson
2019-09-11 21:57 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-11 22:50 ` Arthur Krewat
2019-09-11 21:59 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-11 21:50 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-11 22:49 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-12 3:43 ` [TUHS] SCCS Larry McVoy
2019-09-12 4:20 ` George Michaelson
2019-09-12 4:31 ` [TUHS] [SPAM] SCCS Larry McVoy
2019-09-12 13:44 ` Tony Finch
2019-09-13 4:11 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-13 5:54 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-13 8:00 ` Peter Jeremy
2019-09-13 15:23 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-13 21:36 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-12 4:28 ` [TUHS] SCCS Jon Forrest
2019-09-12 4:33 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-12 6:12 ` William Corcoran
2019-09-12 14:35 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-13 5:22 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-13 5:50 ` Bakul Shah
2019-09-12 16:45 ` Eric Allman
2019-09-12 17:29 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-12 17:47 ` Warner Losh
2019-09-13 8:12 ` emanuel stiebler
2019-09-13 21:11 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2019-09-13 21:17 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-13 21:48 ` Bakul Shah
2019-09-13 23:12 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2019-09-13 23:03 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2019-09-14 1:55 ` [TUHS] [SPAM] SCCS Larry McVoy
2019-09-16 17:23 ` [TUHS] SCCS Steffen Nurpmeso
2019-09-16 20:31 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-17 17:57 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2019-09-18 8:48 ` Eric Allman
2019-09-18 17:33 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2019-09-12 20:07 ` Nemo
2019-09-11 16:05 ` [TUHS] PWB vs Unix/TS Paul Winalski
2019-09-11 17:14 ` ron
2019-09-14 0:44 ` [TUHS] a book (was Re: PWB vs Unix/TS) reed
2019-09-14 2:53 ` Warner Losh
2019-09-15 2:18 ` Jon Steinhart
2019-09-15 2:39 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-15 3:24 ` Adam Thornton
2019-09-14 22:46 ` Clem cole
2019-09-15 0:58 ` Adam Thornton
2019-09-15 3:30 ` Eric Allman
2019-09-15 4:21 ` Larry McVoy
2019-09-15 5:17 ` Jon Steinhart
2019-09-15 20:14 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-15 20:21 ` Jon Steinhart
2019-09-15 20:12 ` Clem Cole
2019-09-15 21:28 ` Dave Horsfall
2019-09-15 23:27 ` Clem cole
2019-09-15 23:45 ` Richard Salz
2019-09-15 7:43 ` Andy Kosela
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