Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!uc!noc.MR.NET!news.stolaf.edu!news.stolaf.edu!swansonc From: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu (Chris Swanson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga Subject: Re: A3000UX applications Message-ID: Date: 12 Apr 91 23:38:23 GMT Article-I.D.: grendel3.SWANSONC.91Apr12183823 References: <1522@ewu.UUCP> <2671@root44.co.uk> <889@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <2675@root44.co.uk> Sender: news@news.stolaf.edu Organization: St. Olaf College / N.E.T. Ambulance Lines: 54 In-Reply-To: khh@root.co.uk's message of 11 Apr 91 11:08:39 GMT >>>>> On 11 Apr 91 11:08:39 GMT, >>>>> in message <2675@root44.co.uk>, >>>>> khh@root.co.uk (Keith Holder) wrote: khh> In <889@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan khh> Taylor) writes: >And EXACTLY which System V.4 ABI CERTIFIED operating systems are you >running, and on which platforms? Since I have been unable to get >information on ANY OTHER such systems available commercially in the >U.S. (and I have been to more trade shows, and in more reps offices >than I care to count), I wonder where you got them, and when they >were CERTIFIED. khh> UniSoft not only wrote the AT&T System VR4 68k/88k product, khh> they also developed the gABI test suite for AT&T, so maybe we khh> have much more of an idea of what is ABI compliant and what is khh> not. Also you don't need to be a genius to compare the khh> header files on the Amiga box and what is specified in the khh> Motorola 68k ABI and spot inconsistencies in data structures. khh> Plus, I am not aware of an ABI certification procedure that is in khh> place for any VR4 release on any processor architecture. [deleted drivel] khh> Really? No shit, Sherlock! >However, unless you can document your statement, SHUT the #$#^%$# UP! khh> Why should I? I was only offering my humble opinion to a khh> question on whether Amiga Unix was ABI compatible. All you have khh> done is air your grievances about past UniSoft products. Just khh> because you have an axe to grind with UniSoft, ( did they turn khh> down a job application? ) you seem to think that their employees khh> have no right to express an opinion on the net. So, until you can khh> provide documentary evidence that Amiga Unix is ABI compatible khh> maybe you should shut the f**k up! B-). Do we really need the low S/N of this little trade war (NCR vs. UniSoft) here on c.u.a? Why don't you both put your axes away and shake hands (or at least go to seperate corners). This should really be continued via e-mail between you too if you feel more "discussion" etc. is necessary. -Chris -- Chris Swanson, Chem/CS/Pre-med Undergrad, St. Olaf College, Northfield,MN 55057 DDN: (CDS6) INTERNET: swansonc@acc.stolaf.edu UUCP: uunet!stolaf!swansonc AT&T: Work: (507)-645-4528 Home: (507)-663-6424 I would deny this reality, but that wouldn't pay the bills...