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From: benoni@ssc-vax.UUCP (Charles L Ditzel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: Will there be a release 3 AUX
Message-ID: <2140@ssc-vax.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 88 03:56:06 GMT
References: <15011@apple.Apple.COM>
Organization: Boeing Aerospace Corp., Seattle WA
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in article <15011@apple.Apple.COM>, phil@Apple.COM (Phil Ronzone) says:
- In article <17331@gatech.edu> ken@gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
--Are there plans to produce an AUX like SunOS 4 (no flames), meaning
--a System V/BSD merge?
- Umm - well, we are never going to produce an "A/UX like SunOs 4". We
- couldn't stand the loss of functionality! nasty :-) ... but we are a

Hmm...why do i get the feeling that some Apple AUX engineers haven't read
the trade rags or seen SunOS 4.0...maybe they might learn something useful?

- SVR2 with excellent BSD functionality. Something that OS4 is still not
- near. 

You are right they are not near SVR2 they are now at SVR3.

- The politically correct question is when will SunOS 4 be as nice
- as the "merge" as A/UX 1.0???

I hope never...I would fear the return of the stone ages...
but another politically correct question is when will AUX get a 
real window system from Apple...like SunView...or NeWS ...or X11 ?

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