Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!pollux.usc.edu!addison From: addison@pollux.usc.edu (Richard Addison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Unix Message-ID: <23775@usc.edu> Date: 29 Mar 90 05:42:12 GMT Sender: news@usc.edu Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 16 From the April 1990 BYTE Nanobytes column (page 19) [quoted sans permission]: "Meanwhile, AT&T's _Unix System V release 4.0_ ... was all over the UniForum show floor. But when will the operating system be commercially released? Good question. A senior staffer for the Unix Software Operation said that Intel is in the best position to bring it to market first. Intel says July is most likely...." I've heard various rumors about when the Amiga's Unix will be available. From what I understand, it is based upon Vr4. Commodore might have a chance here to scoop Intel. Is this why, as I've read in comp.sys.amiga, AT&T readily seeks Commodore's presence at Unix shows? Just wanting to inject some signal, --Rich