Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!nsc!pyramid!athertn!paul
From: paul@athertn.Atherton.COM (Paul Sander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: What about Unix?
Keywords: Amiga 3000 Unix
Message-ID: <27021@athertn.Atherton.COM>
Date: 13 Jul 90 05:14:34 GMT
Organization: Atherton Technology, Sunnyvale, CA
Lines: 25

I'm in the market for a new computer, and have been considering buying an
Amiga 3000.  I hear rumors that there will be a version of Unix available
for it, but I'm curious to know what folks on the net know about it.  (I
haven't seen any mention of it in the last 600 or so postings received at
my site, nor in any previous spot checks.)

The rumors I hear are:

- Source licensed from AT&T port of System V Release 4 (that is, Commodore
  has a source license and is doing right, but customers get binaries only)
- Available in September
- Not available this year, and will require a new machine
- Has been in beta test for a long time
- Some people talk about it in the present tense

Does anyone know what it offers?  Any (concrete) information would be greatly
appreciated.

Many thanks in advance,

Paul
-- 
Paul Sander        (408) 734-9822  | "Passwords are like underwear," she said,
paul@Atherton.COM                  | "Both should be changed often."
{decwrl,pyramid,sun}!athertn!paul  | -- Bennett Falk in "Mom Meets Unix"