Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!nrl-cmf!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tbetz 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 Lines: 25 *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!)): *+--------------- >| 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"... *+--------------- * *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. -- Tom Betz UUCP: ...!cmcl2!phri!dasys1!tbetz ZCNY "When personal computers are outlawed, Yonkers, NY, USA 10701-2509 only outlaws will have personal computers."