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 78c04c29 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2020 23:12:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 1DD859BCD7; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:12:55 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CB0F9BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:12:29 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 2F5829BCA9; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:12:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta31p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta31p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.95]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 29001945FC for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 09:12:26 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep31p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20200107231224.HFKQ5522.viclafep31p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 10:12:24 +1100 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedufedrvdehjedgtdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemucegtddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffujgfkfhgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.418) id 5E00C71E0262C241 for tuhs@tuhs.org; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 10:12:23 +1100 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 007NCNX6079578 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 10:12:23 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id 007NCND3079575 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 2020 10:12:23 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 10:12:23 +1100 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20200107105615.GA16081@minnie.tuhs.org> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" 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? -- Dave