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From: fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: a/ux look-alikes etc
Message-ID: <126@fishpond.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 88 04:54:38 GMT
References: <16349@apple.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: fnf@fishpond.UUCP (Fred Fish)
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In article <16349@apple.Apple.COM> jk@Apple.COM (John Kullmann) writes:
>In some previous postings  hulsebos@philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos) 
>>I do not run A/UX but a look-alike (not a clone) system, made by
>>the same company that made the A/UX system for Apple.
>
>THAT company did not make A/UX for Apple. We conceived of, designed, and 
>implemented A/UX.  We have no "supplier" for A/UX. We own it, build it,
>maintain it, and enhance it.

Hmmm, for the record then, perhaps you could answer the following:

When and where exactly did Unix, running on the Mac-II hardware,
first boot up and issue a shell prompt?

Agreed, A/UX is greatly enhanced over the system that was probably
running on those first hardware prototypes, but making it sound like
Apple designed and implemented Unix from scratch just for the Mac-II
is like IBM claiming it invented the mouse and graphical interface.
Credit where credit is due...

-Fred
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