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Subject: IBM Unix
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Date: Mon, 19-Dec-83 16:05:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 19 16:05:16 1983
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                    From the current MIS Week:

"He who controls the operating system controls all! ...

IBM's special version of Unix - code-named Locust - will have the following
features:

1. A Unix superset, providing upward, but not downward compatibliity;
2. Local-area networking (LAN) capability and support for Arpanet, X.25, and
   SNA/SDLC;
3. Interactive, multi-tasking, multi-user features;
4. R-Star relational database and SQL, QBE and OBE (office-by-example) support;
5. Compatible versions of Locust for larger mainframes - 43XX, 303X, and
   308X series;
6. C-language portability for only IBM systems, PCs and future products; and
7. Many application development tools, generators, etc.  Locust will give its
   users the ability to pull together, at run-time, dispersed system resources-
   processors, storage, file servers, printers - on an ad hoc basis, as needed,
   to run an application or solve an engineering/scientific problem.

(Note:  All of the above functional capabilities may not be introduced at
once.)"

The article suggests that Locust may be introduced by year-end.