Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:2995 comp.unix.microport:1302 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!steinmetz!ge-dab!ge-rtp!edison!rja From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.microport Subject: Group names Message-ID: <1589@edison.GE.COM> Date: 11 Aug 88 12:16:10 GMT References: <25145@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <465@sp7040.UUCP> <11643@steinmetz.ge.com> <31060@clyde.ATT.COM> Followup-To: news.groups Organization: GE-Fanuc North America Lines: 18 The salient point of merging *.xenix and *.microport is that there very shortly will no longer be significant operational differences between Bell-Tech/Microport/interactive/AT&T/Intel 's System V/386 and Microsoft/SCO/IBM's Xenix product since the two products are being merged into being compatible -- binary compatible even. Price, device-drivers, support, etc. will obviously vary by vendor. People who oppose the merger and do not address this point aren't addressing the whole issue. I might be persuaded that the merger should hold off until Xenix becomes COFF compatible, but I haven't been persuaded yet. In any event, the merger is due Real Soon Now. Followups to news.groups PLEASE. ______________________________________________________________________________ rja@edison.GE.COM or ...uunet!virginia!edison!rja via Internet (preferable) via uucp (if you must) ______________________________________________________________________________