Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!decwrl!vixie From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: Don't support System V Message-ID: <29@jove.dec.com> Date: 1 Feb 89 10:18:05 GMT References: Distribution: usa Organization: DEC Western Research Lab Lines: 21 # 3B20's are not worth the bother. [...] The later processors in the 3B line # actually claim to be UNIX machines and fare a little better. I've got to try to dig up Ed Gould while at Usenix. Depending on how hard he thinks it would be, I might be willing to *contribute* some effort toward a 3Bxx 4.3bsd port, just to see what the market for it would be. Comparing the documentation, training, and support you can get from MtXinu to what you can get from AT&T, it seems like MtXinu ought to own any market they choose to compete in. They've certainly stomped all commercial alternatives except Ultrix in the VAX UNIX market -- I have this wonderful fantasy of someone selling a supported BSD for the 3B boxes and putting AT&T out of the software business while somehow making it worthwhile for them to keep shipping iron. I know it's bizarre and could probably never come to pass for any number of reasons, but it's a pleasant fantasy. I once had to _use_ a 3B20: ugh! Disclaimer: opinions stated are my own, DEC doesn't know I'm posting this. -- Paul Vixie Work: vixie@decwrl.dec.com decwrl!vixie +1 415 853 6600 Play: paul@vixie.sf.ca.us vixie!paul +1 415 864 7013