Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!peter
From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO Unix 3.2 <-?-> comp.unix.xenix
Message-ID: <4280@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 23 May 89 17:47:27 GMT
References: <184@usource.UUCP> <18698@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <18698@cup.portal.com>, Dion_L_Johnson@cup.portal.com writes:
> It's not just a formality.  SCO UNIX is not just another version
> of XENIX - it's a major change, on a new porting base.

Yes, it's on the standard System V/386 base.

> XENIX will be around for a while (especially for 286 machines)
> and it may be sensible to create a new newsgroup for the
> new product.  comp.unix.sco-unix ?

How about joining the other 80386 UNIX people in comp.unix.i386? You've got
more in common with the other System V/386 (and even the odd BSD/386) people
than the Xenix/286 folks.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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