From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
To: George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] XENIX or UNIX? (was: Surprised about Unix System V in the 80's - so sparse!)
Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:12:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <f0ba31a-f6ec-3f99-5cab-1e9edf674d7@dotat.at> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKr6gn1-siyrzwRrtLA=3k1aF0u6htJcMGtEOTcuxSqPuM+mfg@mail.gmail.com>
George Michaelson <ggm@algebras.org> wrote:
>
> I think Xenix was a bit of a half-way bet. They didn't invest. No
> reason it couldn't have become something bigger, HP-UX did. Shame, I
> think that should have died at birth.
My first job after university was at Demon Internet, which (before
becoming an ISP) had been Demon Systems, a Xenix consulting shop. There
wasn't much sign of Xenix by the time I worked there (lots of BSD and
Solaris) but the mail system still used MMDF (aka "mail munching
destruction facility"). Later on (1999ish) we acquired a number of
technical staff from SCO around the time it was losing the plot.
Tony.
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-17 20:33 [TUHS] Surprised about Unix System V in the 80's - so sparse! Josh Good
2021-03-17 20:57 ` Adam Thornton
2021-03-17 21:04 ` Al Kossow
2021-03-17 21:38 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-17 21:08 ` Jim Capp
2021-03-17 21:26 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-17 21:29 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-17 21:40 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-17 21:42 ` Henry Bent
2021-03-18 5:10 ` Wesley Parish
2021-03-18 1:15 ` [TUHS] XENIX or UNIX? (was: Surprised about Unix System V in the 80's - so sparse!) Greg 'groggy' Lehey
2021-03-18 1:21 ` George Michaelson
2021-03-20 0:12 ` Tony Finch [this message]
2021-03-18 23:05 ` [TUHS] Surprised about Unix System V in the 80's - so sparse! Lyndon Nerenberg (VE7TFX/VE6BBM)
2021-03-19 1:45 ` Richard Salz
2021-03-19 2:01 ` Larry McVoy
2021-03-19 2:06 ` Chris Torek
2021-03-19 2:59 ` Earl Baugh
2021-03-19 17:27 ` Chris Torek
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