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From: mike@whuxl.UUCP (BALDWIN)
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Subject: Re: Re: Unix History
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Date: Mon, 16-Jun-86 14:42:23 EDT
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> Friends tell me there is also a System VI, which has been ruthlessly
> crushed for internal political reasons; but that's vicious rumour.

System VI is really System V Release 2.0.  The naming convention was
changed to "nail down" the System V part.  Some SVR2 code still has
6.0 embedded in the comments.

> The 8th Edition system is based on 4.1BSD, and I hear there's a Version
> 9 as well; so I think we've gotten the 1-digit numbers pretty well
> nailed down and bleeding, and the phone company will iterate forever on
> the System V.3.1.4a.870422.9:33:04am.Rev3 naming scheme.

I haven't heard of any 9th Edition; the System V numbering should
be standardized now on Release numbers.  Release X.Y.Z is major release
X, enhancement Y, bug-fixes Z.

> (TM) UNIX is a Footnote of AT&T Bell Laboratories.

Oops!  UNIX is now a *registered* trademark of *AT&T*.
(No Bell Labs anymore)
-- 
						Michael Baldwin
			(not the opinions of)	AT&T Bell Laboratories
						{at&t}!whuxl!mike