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From: ptroot@uswest.com (Paul T. Root)
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. AIX
To: craig@seabass.progroup.com (Craig Shaver)
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 1996 08:08:40 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199604200734.AAA21985@seabass.progroup.com> from "Craig Shaver" at Apr 20, 96 00:34:12 am
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In a previous message, Craig Shaver said:
> 
> > Anyone out there know the full lineage of AIX?
> 
> I worked with it up to 1990, and I remember at the time that they stopped 
> tracking SYSV around r.2 (or maybe r.3).  The reason was the licensing or
> some such thing, and at that same time for the same reason OSF got started.
> (Don't quote me! :)  HPUX did about the same thing.  IBM always tried to
> do their own thing with the OS, especially with the Sys Admin stuff.  I
> also remember having to deal with pg instead of more on that damn thing,
> and some weird implementation of ethernet tcp/ip.  Before that they worked
> with Interactive Systems to get their first official version of UNIX.  I 
> think they are now doing it all in house in Austin.
> 
> (Don't quote me! :)
> (Don't quote me! :)
> (Don't quote me! :)

Strange system. I was a contractor at IBM, Kingston for the AIX/ESA (370)
 project back in '88. I didn't last long (9-10 months), it just drove me 
crazy. The Kernel guys seemed to know what they were doing, but the code
from Austin didn't impress many of us. Shortly after I left, they abandoned
the Austin code (RS/6000) and began again based on OSF/1. They did release
the product, I believe, but, I don't think many were sold.

Paul.

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Paul T. Root - USWEST !NTERPRISE Networking Service	ptroot@uswest.com