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From: ceb@netcom12.netcom.com (Ch. Buckley)
Subject: Re: AIX history (was: I hope this wont ignite a major flame w)
In-Reply-To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com's message of 10 Aug 1994 06:12:04 GMT
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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 06:38:37 GMT
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In article <JKH.94Aug9231205@freefall.cdrom.com> jkh@freefall.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) writes:
In article <3260t2$cg6@ugle.unit.no> Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no (Havard Eidnes) writes:
The initial Unix-style OS for the RT-PC was called AOS (Academic
Operating System), I think, and it was indeed of a BSD flavour, or
Actually, it was called ACIS and it wasn't all that bad! There followed
a short but intense war between the ACIS and AIX camps, a war which AIX
won to our great and lasting sorrow.
And that's certinly not the first time a marketer has chosen to saddle
the unsuspecting public with the more substandard product of its
palette, on the idea of leaving an upgrade path to sell later, or
whatever.
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