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From: mikep@ism780c.isc.com (Michael A. Petonic)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: IBM AIX
Message-ID: <14985@ism780c.isc.com>
Date: 1 Sep 88 23:36:44 GMT
References: <17017@adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: mikep@ism780c.UUCP (Michael A. Petonic)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA
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In article <17017@adm.ARPA> mdeleo@lynx.northeastern.edu writes:
 >I was wondering if anyone out there has already seen or know something
 >worth knowing about IBM's new "UNIX" operating system AIX ???
 >From what I have heard it is suppose to be 99-100% compatable with the
 >famed SYSTEM V Unix.  But how compatable will it really be ???

Well, AIX is and has been out for a couple of years, now.  It was
first made for the IBM RT PC by INTERACTIVE Systems Corp. and has
several different versions like the NLS and Kanji products.

As has been announced, IBM plans to release AIX for the
PS2 computers.

It's very compatible with System V.  What else can I say?

 >Will it work with the "C","Bourne", and "K" shells?

Yes, we (at INTERACTIVE) had all three shells working on
AIX.  I prefer the KSH, so that was there.  IBM supports and
provides the Bourne shell, but I'm not sure about the CSH.  I KNOW
they don't provide KSH.

 >Will it add alot of features that we have all been yelling for from
 >AT&T and/or Berkley over these past years ???

No idea, here.  And even if I did know, I wouldn't be able
to tell you  :-).

-MikeP
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