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From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Looks like AT&T is leaving DEC owners in the cold!
Message-ID: <121@hadron.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Dec-85 23:25:15 EST
Article-I.D.: hadron.121
Posted: Thu Dec  5 23:25:15 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Dec-85 17:19:17 EST
References: <2073@aecom.UUCP> <191@gould9.UUCP> <40@brl-tgr.ARPA> <177@plx.UUCP>
Reply-To: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao)
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Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA
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Keywords: Ultrix, System V, 4.2BSD
Summary: Ultrix 1.2 is said to be "sV source code compatible"

In article <177@plx.UUCP> jk@plx.UUCP (John Kullmann) writes:
>> > > Does anyone know if DEC will be supporting System V?  
>DEC has a group in Holmdale (something like that) New Jersey
>John Kullmann

I don't know about a group in Holmdell, but the Ultrix Applications
Centre in the DC area just hosted the DECUS UNIX Local Users' Group
(how 'bout that!) and talked a lot about Ultrix 1.2, to be released
(they think) in January or February 1986.  This realease is said to
be source-code compatible with System V Release 2.? per the System
V Interface Description (SVID).  Several of the DECUAC people were
mighty proud of the work they had put into this version.

It will still not be an "approved port" of System V, it seems, if
that has special meaning to anybody; but I believe this is being
done to fulfill government requirements for a UNIX that meets the
currently available UNIX standard (i.e., SVID).
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	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}