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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:3172 comp.unix.misc:4554 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!wupost!uunet!mcsun!uknet!warwick!fulcrum!igb From: igb@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Ian G Batten) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi,comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: UNIGRAM's article on the USL-BSDI suit Message-ID: <BsInMG.HHG@fulcrum.bt.co.uk> Date: 5 Aug 92 15:13:27 GMT References: <KANDALL.92Aug4161214@globalize.nsg.sgi.com> <1992Aug4.162951.25999@pony.Ingres.COM> <1992Aug5.051412.8129@panix.com> Sender: news@fulcrum.bt.co.uk Followup-To: comp.unix.misc Organization: Fulcrum Communications Lines: 19 >>>>> On 5 Aug 92 05:14:12 GMT, tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) said: Thor> Or, to be more blunt, "Where do you think AT&T learned to write Thor> Multics-like, mu, mt operating systems?" Is Unix really that Multics-like? I used Multics and wrote a lot of code between 1983 and 1987 and I would say that although there are strong similarities of philosophy, Multics was so ground breaking that few Timeshare systems can escape the legacy. Is the relationship between Unix and Multics really much closer than between Multics and Twenex, Multics and VMS, whatever? I don't see the clear influence of Multics in detailed design issues. Mostly because Multics got it right in many areas where Unix still hasn't. Mind you, I was often told that the original Domain stuff for Apollos was VERY Multicious. ian