Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!steinmetz!vdsvax!barnett From: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: OSF joins AT&T Keywords: Sys V.3 licensed from AT&T Message-ID: <5072@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> Date: 10 Aug 88 12:45:33 GMT References: <1583@edison.GE.COM> Reply-To: barnett@vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 33 In article <1583@edison.GE.COM> rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) writes: | | This weeks issue of _INFOWORLD_ says that the OSF has licensed UNIX System V |release 2 (V.2) AND licensed UNIX System V.3 from AT&T. | | I applaud the move by OSF since it means streams and a number of other nice |features of V.3 will be more generally available. Since HP and DEC are part |of OSF it should mean that they will finally move from their bases (4.x BSD & |System V.2 respectively). Don't hold your breath. Remember, the sponsors are under no obligation to use ANY of the software that OSF generates/licenses. I can't believe DEC is ever going to switch to a brand new kernal. They may use pieces of it. But they have too much effort in Ultrix to give it up. Also - I doubt DEC will use HP's New Wave or OPEN LOOK, if OSF decides on one of them as the standard UI. This points out one of the problems I have with OSF. There is no real unified direction. Sponsors are submitting new and nifty pieces of technology. If people want to license it, fine. But it will be a long, long time before these pieces present a unified software environment. Oh it will get there eventually. That's what all those programmers are going to do. -- Bruce G. Barnett uunet!steinmetz!barnett