Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!munnari!otc!metro!basser!wolfen!pdg@draci From: pdg@draci.cs.uow.oz (Peter Gray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: why no native unix?? Keywords: just asking Message-ID: <18@draci.cs.uow.oz> Date: 28 Nov 88 21:40:55 GMT Organization: University of Wollongong Lines: 31 After reading the recent spate of items about Apollo's implementation of unix under Aegis (and having used it slightly) it seems a good time to ask a question that has been bugging me for some time. Why has Apollo decided to continue to try to offer Aegis and Unix together rather than simply offer the alternative of a native unix port to the Apollo workstations? That way they could keep the Aegis community happy until they die or switch to unix and at the same time offer a complete unix system to those people (like me) who prefer it. As a unix user i can honestly say that in my opinion there is no substitute for a native implementation of unix. Here we run Pyramids (simulated sys V environment), Sequent (simulated sys V) and Apollo's (simulated sys V and BSD). These three vendors have had differing degrees of success in offering multi-universe machines. But in general I still prefer machines that offer a native single universe implementation of unix, whether it be sys V or BSD. Please do not take this as Apollo bashing. I would simply like to know why the concept of a native port was rejected. pdg Peter Gray ACSnet: pdg@draci.cs.uow.OZ.AU Professional Officer UUCP: ...!munnari!draci.cs.uow.OZ.AU!pdg Dept of Computing Science ARPA: pdg%draci.cs.uow.OZ.AU@uunet.UU.NET University of Wollongong Phone: +61 42 270770 N.S.W. 2500 Australia Fax : +61 42 297768