Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!mprgate.mpr.ca!newshost!morse From: morse@quark.mpr.ca (Daryl Morse) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: Will Ultrix... Message-ID: Date: 15 Feb 91 14:53:53 GMT References: <1991Feb14.235721.355@nic.csu.net> Sender: news@mprgate.mpr.ca Distribution: comp.unix.ultrix Organization: MPR Teltech Ltd., Burnaby, BC, Canada. Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: shahryar@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu's message of 15 Feb 91 07:57:21 GMT In article <1991Feb14.235721.355@nic.csu.net> shahryar@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Persian Nightmare) writes: < I am wondering when DEC plans to re-write Ultrix and base it on < BSD 4.3 or later. Personally I think using 4.2 as a standard is < ok, but 4.3 has so many more nice things we can with it, and with < 4.4 coming out, hmmmmmmmm??? :-) In the future, Ultrix will *not* be based on BSD. DEC is an active member of the OSF and has publicly announced that at some time in the future, Ultrix will be based OSF/1 (ie. Mach kernel + lots of other functionality). While I'm not familiar with BSD, I have read quite a few papers on Mach. I would be surprised if BSD came anywhere near the level of innovation of Mach (ie. threads, SMP, IPC, memory management, etc.) -- Daryl Morse | Voice : (604) 293-5476 MPR Teltech Ltd. | Fax : (604) 293-5787 8999 Nelson Way, Burnaby, BC | E-Mail: morse@quark.mpr.ca Canada, V5A 4B5 | quark.mpr.ca!morse@uunet.uu.net