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From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: UNIX on Lisa (Partial FLAME)
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Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 18:19:55 EDT
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> 	XENIX IS NOT A SYSTEM 3 UNIX!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> It is far closer to a version of BSD than BTL, and BSD does not claim
> to be SYSIII or later.

It may be a version of V7, which *was* issued by BTL.  It is not the case
that all UNIX versions that aren't BTL, or USG, or USDL, or System
 are BSD versions.

> A friend of mine has obtained a copy of XENIX for the IBM-PC after my
> warning him not to, after trying to get it to stay up for more than
> a few minutes he is reformatting his hard drive and sticking to PCDOS.
> At least Microsoft wrote something that works.

Err, umm... XENIX *is* a Microsoft product...

	Guy Harris
	{seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy