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From: cep@cci632.UUCP ( co-op)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: Welcome to comp.unix.i386 (AKA Frequently Asked Questions)
Message-ID: <38048@cci632.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jun 90 13:35:03 GMT
References: <1990Jun13.200432.11568@virtech.uucp>
Reply-To: cep@ccird7.UUCP (Christopher Piggott - co-op)
Organization: CCI, Communications Systems Division, Rochester, NY
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In article <1990Jun13.200432.11568@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
>In <1990Jun1.114412.21388@virtech.uucp> I wrote:
[ with regard to sysV R4 ]
>> 	The bad news is that you probably won't see any on the market 
>> 	until 4Q90/1Q91.  The first to hit the market will probably be
>> 	Intel or Interactive.
>
>Well, someone had to go and prove me wrong.  UHC (UnixHouse) has announced
>System V R4 for the 386/486 platforms and claim that it will be available
>for shipping as of July 15.  Looks like they are the first ones out of the
>chute.

Unix Today! (a free trade publication) had a full-page ad from some
internation Unix association last week.  It was some hype about SYSV-R4,
and the background was all the companies that intended to have an R4
system out (I think it said within one year?)
In any event, this was the first substantiation (i.e. non-net-rumor)
I had heard, and I was excited.

I hope that ESIX isn't too far behind...if they follow their current
market strategy (i.e. a FULL BLOWN IMPLEMENTATION for HALF the cost
of everybody else), then I will wait for the ESIX R4.  If I learn
that ESIX will take a year or two, I may buy their R3.

--Chris

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