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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!jussieu.fr!math.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!cbgw2.att.com!netnews.worldnet.att.net!ix.netcom.com!netcom.net.uk!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. other Unix's (Linux, etc.) Date: 20 Jun 1996 20:10:53 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4qc7nt$fe@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4pl73c$3d2a@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <31C48C32.6BFC@www.play-hookey.com> <4q2cq9$sr7@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> <31C61646.EAB8B4E@lambert.org> <jlemonDt79z8.5yz@netcom.com> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Jonathan Lemon (jlemon@netcom.com) wrote: : In article <31C61646.EAB8B4E@lambert.org>, : Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote: : >aks@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com wrote: : >] BSD is dead. Show me a single major vendor which does not : >] move or moved to System V. : > : >o All UNIX vendors other than Sun (if you count "System V" : > as requiring SVID conformance -- READ SVID III about : > gettimeofday(RT), select(RT), getitimer(RT), and : > setitimer(RT). Pay attention to "system clock frequency" : > vs. "system clock update frequency". USL UNIX does not : > conform to SVID. It is not "System V"). : What about Sequent? : -- : Jonathan Sequent has moved - they now refuse to support Dynix. A good job too IMO, the universe stuff was a nightmare. -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....