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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: AIX vs VMS
Summary: Go buy it for yourself.
Message-ID: <18171@rpp386.cactus.org>
Date: 23 Mar 90 07:38:48 GMT
References: <9428@stiatl.UUCP>
Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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In article <9428@stiatl.UUCP> meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal) writes:
>And how many architectures does AIX run on?
>
>Or, probably more importantly, how many different manufacturers'
>architectures? What? All IBM so far?

Various parts of AIX 3.1 will be available to all members of OSF
for the appropriate fee.  In that sense it is an "open" operating
system.  In theory, most of it should run "just fine" on every
platform capable of running a modern demand paged operating system.

>Uh huh.

Oh, you thought this was the FREE life.  That comes later.
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