Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!stl!robobar!ronald From: ronald@robobar.co.uk (Ronald S H Khoo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Xenix *is* Unix (WAS Re: ^3 What ....... Dell UNIX V.4) Message-ID: <1990Nov23.080906.24510@robobar.co.uk> Date: 23 Nov 90 08:09:06 GMT References: <1990Nov17.225432.17394@pegasus.com> <2330@sixhub.UUCP> <1990Nov21.232102.26005@pegasus.com> Organization: Robobar Ltd., Perivale, Middx., ENGLAND. Lines: 37 I don't disagree with richard@pegasus.com (Richard Foulk) when he writes stuff like: > SCO has, so far, promised NOT to go with V.4 -- buzzing about in their own > separate reality. But statements like: > No way will I go with Xenix. I need real Unix. are not helpful. Xenix *is* a real Unix, in many ways more real than most System V releases prior to 3.2. At least the V7 stuff didn't get taken out. If you mean that it isn't a real System V from the internals point of view, sure, that's true, but that's a very different thing from saying that Xenix isn't a real Unix. And SCO's current Xenix will run your SVR3.2 binaries too. I can't see how an application user is going to tell the difference. SCO Unix, on the other hand is a different kettle of fish altogether. That *isn't* Unix as far as any program system distributed in source is concerned, because they've completely changed the semantics of just about everything so much (because of their "security" "enhancements") so it might be fair to call SCO Unix "Not a real Unix". > And I very much want to go with V.4 when it's stable. This is probably a good reason not to go with SCO, but in no way changes the fact that Xenix *is* real Unix. If by "a real unix" you really mean "I need to be able to use drivers written for " then please say that. Or whatever aspect of Xenix does not fit your requirements. But perhaps I should have mailed this. Too late. Maybe we could continue by e-mail? -- ronald@robobar.co.uk +44 81 991 1142 (O) +44 71 229 7741 (H)