Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!styx!mordor!ut-sally!im4u!oakhill!cyb-eng!bc From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: PC/IX on an IBM AT, information requested. Message-ID: <874@cyb-eng.UUCP> Date: Mon, 2-Jun-86 12:42:02 EDT Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.874 Posted: Mon Jun 2 12:42:02 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 5-Jun-86 19:48:13 EDT References: <737@mtx5c.UUCP> <543@polaris.UUCP> <103@watmath.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX Lines: 14 > >PC/IX and Xenix are unix sys3 clones but are otherwise different beasts. > >Xenix is by Microsoft/SCO. PC/IX is by Interactive Systems Corporation. > > > It is true that the only version of XENIX distributed by IBM is SYS III, > but MicroSoft/SCO are distributing the SYS V version. Someday the people > at Big Blue will catch on ... A couple of *months* ago, I saw an IBM Product Announcement that indicated that the new IBM version of Xenix was System V based. Since I don't use it, I don't know the version number or when it {became,will become} available. -- - bc - ..!{seismo,topaz,gatech,nbires,ihnp4}!ut-sally!cyb-eng!bc (512) 835-2266