Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!oddjob!ncar!noao!mcdsun!nud!xroads!jerry
From: jerry@xroads.UUCP (Jerry M. Denman)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Splinter Unix?
Summary: Alternate Unix
Keywords: unix, aix, system v, posix
Message-ID: <487@xroads.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 88 03:40:45 GMT
References: <556@n8emr.UUCP>
Organization: Crossroads, Phoenix, Az.
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Concerning the proposed coop effort of IBM, DEC, HP, Apollo and others to
start their 'own' Unix.

Personally I cannot blame them if you look at their reasoning.

AT&T and Sun go to bed together 'read sign agreement'
Rumor mills say they may make Unix 'propriatary'

AT&T recently narrows licensing agreement (execpt IBM &DEC who refused to
sign)

I cannot blame the other players for being concerned. 

My opinion is that it is a power play to loosen AT&T and Sun's relationship
to inluce other vendors.

Jerry

Eat a live toad for breakfast and nothing worse will happen to you the rest
of the day.
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