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From: psrc@pegasus.ATT.COM (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: IBM & AIX (was OS/2 obituary?)
Summary: IBM's commitment to the UNIX(R) operating system
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Date: 29 Jun 89 14:00:37 GMT
References: <14774@watdragon.waterloo.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <14774@watdragon.waterloo.edu>, afscian@violet.waterloo.edu (Anthony Scian) writes:
> . . . . IBM appears to be having the same feelings because 
> AIX (or future OSF derivative) is AVAILABLE NOW on everything 
> above (and including?) a PS/2.

Um, sort of.  Yes, you can buy a version of AIX for any IBM hardware
platform, except for (oddly enough) the AS/400.  (Maybe they decided
the UNIX(R) operating system doesn't run on minis?-)  But if you look
at Systems Network Architecture, if you look at Systems Application
Architecture, if you look at Office Vision . . . golly, they don't seem
to have UNIX-based systems anywhere in the fancy little slides.

If you want to buy a UNIX-based box from IBM, they'll sell you one.  If
your organization wants to get all of its computers working together,
IBM really wants to sell you a mainframe (that's what Office Vision is
all about), and they really want to have you use proprietary operating
systems, or PC-DOS or OS/2 on the desktop.

> Anthony Scian afscian@violet.uwaterloo.ca afscian@violet.waterloo.edu

Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories
att!pegasus!psrc, psrc@pegasus.att.com, AT&T Mail !psrchisholm
I'm not speaking for the company, I'm just speaking my mind.
UNIX(R) is a registered trademark of AT&T.