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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Will Release 3 support System V Unix?
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Date: 19 Oct 88 17:54:34 GMT
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>         Could someone "in the know" tell me if release 3 of X version 11
>         will contain support for AT&T System V Unix?

Sort of.  R3 compiles and runs on HP's HP-UX, Apple's A/UX, and Cray's UNICOS.
The catch, however, is that all three of these systems support sockets.  Other
differences are handled by a combination of #ifdef SYSV and emulation routines. 

							Jim Fulton
							MIT X Consortium