Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!pdn!reggie
From: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Splinter Unix?
Keywords: unix, aix, system v, posix
Message-ID: <3173@pdn.UUCP>
Date: 19 May 88 12:38:40 GMT
References: <556@n8emr.UUCP> <2949@ihlpe.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: reggie@pdn.UUCP (George W. Leach)
Organization: Paradyne Corporation,   Largo FL
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In article <2949@ihlpe.ATT.COM> res@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Rich Strebendt, AT&T-DSG @ Indian Hill West) writes:

>I think it is clear that DEC and IBM are not interested in establishing
>a new standard.  Rather, what they would like to do is destroy UNIX as
>a viable competitor to their own proprietary products...............  

>Granted, I am grossly oversimplifying here, but I think the flavor of what
>I am saying is about right.


    I think you have hit the nail on the head!  Those who develop on a UNIX
based system right now will not be affected.  If I use DEC hardware and they
will no longer support UNIX, then I'll move to something else that does.  What
DEC and IBM are trying to do is stem the tide of people switching from their
proprietary operating systems to UNIX by confussing them on the existence of
a single UNIX standard.  IBM has even more to loose than DEC in the PC market
where they want people to go with OS/2.


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