Marty indreboe ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: By this, I refer to his statement about having AIX.  That
: is not UNIX, that is butchered unix, just like HP-UX.
 
Keep in mind that UNIX does not really exist today.  There are a
myriad of operating systems out there which are derived from UNIX
(HPUX, AIX, Linux, Ultrix, Irix, Solaris, SunOS, SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX,
OSF/1, Dynix, ATT UNIX, etc) but none of them are really "UNIX"
anymore.  Every one of them has added a lot of features to it and
removed a few others.
 
If I had to say there was a real "UNIX", I guess it would be ATT's,
which is where most of the UNIXes are heading toward. (bye bye BSD)
 
Calling this new generation of UNIXes "butchered UNIX" implies that
they are a step backward from the original UNIX.  I recommend that
you go look at the original UNIX versions and see if that is what
you really want.  I suspect you'd be a very sorry camper.  Of course,
even the new versions of UNIX make some people into sorry campers. :-)
 
: These thoughts too are mine and not my company's.  As you know,
: Martin and I work for the same company. We also share the
: same first name.  Sometimes, we do not share the same opinion.
 
Ditto.
 
 
Mike
 
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