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From: kaiser@cheese.enet.dec.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: Unix for PDP-11/23s
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Date: 19 Aug 90 19:32:14 GMT
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In article <1990Aug19.034635.26429@virtech.uucp>, rickr@virtech.uucp (Rick
Rodman) writes...

>1. Of the four operating systems once offered for the PDP-11, RSX, RT-11,
>RSTS, and Ultrix, Digital has discontinued only one: Ultrix (Unix).
>So much for Digital's commitment to Unix.

OOooohhhh, Big Bad Digital!  Give me a break.

Digital GAVE (as in "free") the source code of the last version of Ultrix-11 to
Berkeley expecting it to stay alive that way, rather than freezing it and
offering it as an archival product with no development and bug fixes -- the
nearly nonexistent customer demand just doesn't warrant it.  It's now available
from Usenix, by arrangement with Berkeley I'd guess.

---Pete

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