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=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,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 68f06294 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 23:28:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 795BA9BCC5; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:28:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 420D59BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:27:46 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="iI1rgMz+"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D0D339BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:27:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qk1-f170.google.com (mail-qk1-f170.google.com [209.85.222.170]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0741A945FC for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:27:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qk1-f170.google.com with SMTP id z76so1088085qka.2 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:27:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bsdimp-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=OuiJfpFgQBDTt0tkccqI+NQ194u6pwZXJQSdjys1tFw=; b=iI1rgMz+uVkJSueFA0fb/xFpJkAq6Mgpzsrcw7e0YNeNKKMk2obijwVPgipMaO+8qu KrSWkxpy4tmWsC+oU/4nNfZtd76w5SV33+XvnB+uKZoCREKwCzMFl1E0ufG23FAYFfQv Bfeuylcenb4CU9nyZ7F3rpPy2venjI6caabhdCsERuN9gUbiMvCwcnSphQB4lJ5bvWQ2 HNPjJW2puVP71GPcVmAjOtMDYYXSdCrSzCBF5OIwY+o08zvSkFEpVm2mGKoYVXEpADd7 rAqMquDvPEo9qlu0x8b590QpOylwvCaOgOAAEHJEbnE81saO2iuXfw+xxqslOcF+2sKZ 5D1A== 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=OuiJfpFgQBDTt0tkccqI+NQ194u6pwZXJQSdjys1tFw=; b=RiP8MkyjVb83VI55GM0pOpL2GmFOlLt22BY55XMMlNvV/aBh8MFLlU4y9Dpjj8tOL0 BegZV9ZhyJ2Z5MWbukgFW7CR8wBlPDCATKqzgVyCWZ8NTYgx2XfBIY3Bq08Ak637JnH+ qrX2ImRBU3eSf0qlOXhEqBbaCO9dCEpDiw6Dd+a4czRzSMhLxu6GApOrCkKi8Ivsnw0e wBBs/dltpbxB4oOInvLDfdSF51M0ZUweY5rA2hExqOGKz6UYruUkozYqnb0Bx2VtF9sz emNel/fJhgj2GRrxnLgfu5eXgjQvHh3xxgRqihMpZ7xIFZqCCXnMKM7oj9c/UMiCxXXe h2tw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAWXeqgFlvkA1IW6BL2avwYIz8ybVmQo700Rv4br0NdfWBtBCbfu OI3E1wS1Abk2RYivPaxq7OLrXhDy6wF0KlOK2af5+g== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzkdd/OQBCEeUooN7mV9xxyHEHBTAYTOU/eJCj8g9E/mtvdXS/ibWOuviWD25qTiljunFcxVxHwjVNDqjdNM/E= X-Received: by 2002:a05:620a:94f:: with SMTP id w15mr1749757qkw.380.1578439662047; Tue, 07 Jan 2020 15:27:42 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200107105615.GA16081@minnie.tuhs.org> In-Reply-To: From: Warner Losh Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 16:27:30 -0700 Message-ID: To: Dave Horsfall Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000005b1e2b059b951f4b" 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: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000005b1e2b059b951f4b Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 4:13 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, reed@reedmedia.net wrote: > > [...] > > > What happened with XENIX? I know it had some success (I used at least > > one retired system with it), but nothing near the other offerings on the > > PC family. > > I was forced to use Xenix for a contracting job (and hated it, as it was > almost-but-not-quite-Unix, and the differences annoyed me). Wouldn't > Linux have arrived at around that time? > These mags are from 84 and 85. Linux wasn't really viable until 92 or so. Warner --0000000000005b1e2b059b951f4b Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


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On Tue, Jan 7, 2020 at 4:13 PM Dave H= orsfall <dave@horsfall.org> = wrote:
On Tue, 7= Jan 2020, reed@ree= dmedia.net wrote:

[...]

> What happened with XENIX?=C2=A0 I know it had some success (I used at = least
> one retired system with it), but nothing near the other offerings on t= he
> PC family.

I was forced to use Xenix for a contracting job (and hated it, as it was almost-but-not-quite-Unix, and the differences annoyed me).=C2=A0 Wouldn= 9;t
Linux have arrived at around that time?

These mags are from 84 and 85. Linux wasn't really viable until 92 or = so.=C2=A0

Warner
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