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From: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Why DEC doesn't need an ABI
Summary: Yet another DEC UNIX
Message-ID: <5398@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 88 15:52:06 GMT
References: <8185@ncoast.UUCP> <686@spectrix.UUCP> <8221@ncoast.UUCP>
Reply-To: tbetz@dasys1.UUCP (Tom Betz)
Organization: The Big Electric Cat
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*n article <8221@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
>As quoted from <686@spectrix.UUCP> by clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris Lewis (It's loose again!)):
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>| In article <8185@ncoast.UUCP> allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
*| |that (a) DEC does not license the VAX processor for anyone else's use, and
*| |(b) DEC sells the only true commercial VAX UNIX.
*| 
*| And I agree that most of the other versions of UNIX you mention aren't
*| "commercial".  But, what about HCR's SVR3 for VAXen?  They've been shipping
*| for several months now (I think).  That I would consider "commercial"...
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*
*I hadn't heard of that, and hereby withdraw my argument.  Thanks for the
*update.
*

What about Mt. Xinu's BSD?  They also support AppleNet and TOPS connectivity, 
and I understand they have been shipping for more than a year.



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