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From: berggren@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Eric Berggren)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Xenix *is* Unix
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Date: 5 Dec 90 18:08:01 GMT
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mason@oct1.UUCP (David Mason) writes:

>In article <2319@tabbs.UUCP> aris@tabbs.UUCP (Aris Stathakis) writes:
>>In fact, there is a [xenix] release 2.3.4 on the cards which will have
>>many new features i.e. korn shell, > 16MB ram support, and all the the
>>current sls fixes all built in.
>>
>>SCO plan on selling (and supporting) Xenix for a LONG time to come.

>Somehow I see a parallel with classic coke here.  In both cases, the
>new product did not provide the hoped-for lure that the maker's market-
>ing team promised.  The old product has to be continued else market
>share will be lost.

  However, this time, I think people are switching to the "new Coke".
Just wait till they switch to Pepsi among all of the confusion.


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