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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Why UNIX? Or, What hath AT&T wrought?
Message-ID: <6813@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 13 Dec 87 14:23:27 GMT
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Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) )
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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AT&T quit providing new releases for the VAX in 1984, rightly observing
that computer vendors (DEC in this case) should take care of this
themselves.  Unfortunately, DEC has their own flavor, Ultrix-32, that
they prefer to provide and support.  There are companies (e.g., Uniq)
that provide and support UNIX System V (current release) for DEC VAXes.

As to software, I know of lots of useful, supported commercial software
for UNIX systems, but VAXes running UNIX System V do not constitute a
large market.  It is usually easy enough to port another UNIX System V
implementation of a product to the VAX, if you have the sources.  You
should consider paying to have it done..