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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: ULTRIX
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Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 14:36:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  3 14:36:18 1987
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Keywords: discontinued...

> ...let it slip that DEC's plans were to eventually discontinue ULTRIX...

The thing to understand is that DEC really wanted VMS to be the only
operating system for the VAX, and they more or less got dragged kicking
and screaming into doing something about Unix support.  The fact that some
of the draggers were within DEC itself didn't make the draggees any happier.
My impression is that the situation tends to alternate between open warfare
and tense ceasefires.  In such a situation, even official policy is not
necessarily going to be stable from year to year.  Unofficial rumors can
say anything, and probably will.
-- 
Mars must wait -- we have un-         Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
finished business on the Moon.     {allegra,ihnp4,decvax,pyramid}!utzoo!henry