Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:54268 comp.unix.aux:1956 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!amdahl!pacbell!att!cbnews!jbr0 From: jbr0@cbnews.ATT.COM (joseph.a.brownlee) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.unix.aux Subject: Re: One world, One CPU, One OS Message-ID: <16101@cbnews.ATT.COM> Date: 29 Apr 90 21:31:50 GMT References: <1102@appleoz.oz.au> Reply-To: jbr0@cbnews.ATT.COM (joseph.a.brownlee) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 33 In article <1102@appleoz.oz.au> ksand@appleoz.oz.AU (Kent Sandvik) writes: >Patrick.Hayes@cediag.bull.fr (Pat Hayes) writes in article : >> In article <15757@cbnews.ATT.COM> I write: >> >As for A/UX 2.0, it sounds like Apple has added some really nice features, >> >but before I would even consider using it, it would have to be based on >> >System V 3.x (preferably 3.2), or even better, on System V 4.0. There are > >> What SVR[34] features are missing here? In Unix Sys V 3.x, off the top of my head: . Shared libraries (I hear A/UX has this) . Enhanced curses (including color and extended keyboard support) . Security enhancements (shadow files, t-bit on directories, etc.) . Sys V 3.x STREAMS . Remote File Sharing . 2K file system (a real speed improvement) . Enhanced printer spooler architecture . XENIX compatibility features . Misc. improvements to individual commands Unix Sys V 4.0 is so different from previous releases that I won't even begin to list features here, but it will pull in many useful BSD features. I have to believe that moving to 4.0 would be the best marketing strategy for Apple and A/UX in the future. Then there's the price... :-) -- - _ Joe Brownlee, Analysts International Corp. @ AT&T Network Systems /_\ @ / ` 471 E Broad St, Suite 1610, Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 860-7461 / \ | \_, E-mail: jbr@cblph.att.com Who pays attention to what _I_ say? "Scotty, we need warp drive in 3 minutes or we're all dead!" --- James T. Kirk