Unix Variants
atga...@sixtyfootspider.com
seem to be distributing to the outside world (again). So I thought I'd
repost it on newsfeeds.com. This is my updated of section 6.3 of the
UNIX FAQ, which hasn't been updated in quite a while.
My sources include my own memory (nearly 13 years of using, about 6 or
7 of administering), assorted documentation and books in my library,
the internet, and old issues of UnixWorld and Unix Review. Feel free
to point out errors, of which I'm sure there are many, as well as to
send me additional information.
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Quick Definitions:
UNIX: Operating system whose ultimate roots are 6th & 7th editions.
Usually contains actual AT&T-derived code (excepting 4.4BSD).
UNIX-clone: Operating system which very strongly resembles traditional
UNIXes. Usually implemented with no AT&T-derived code.
UNIX-like: Operating system which resembles traditional unix in system
calls and/or interface
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| Current UNIXes |
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OS: HP-UX
Company: Hewlett Packard
Current: 11i
Newsgroup: comp.sys.hp.hpux
URL: http://unix.hp.com/operating/index.html
FAQ: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/sys/hp/hpux/*
Comments:
1: <announced 1982> System III-based
1.2: <1987> SVR2
2: <1988> SVR3
3: <1988>
5: SVR2 Some BSD
6:
7: SVR3, some BSD (long filenames, symlinks, sockets, et al) [680x0]
8: shared libs, SVR3.2 (+~80% BSD) [680x0 300/400; 700 PA-RISC]
9: DCE, SAM, Motif [680x0 400; 700/800 PA-RISC]
10.x: SVR4. Journaled file system [PA-RISC]
11: 64bit [PA-RISC; IA-64 in future?]
OS: Solaris
Company: Sun
Current: 8
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.*, comp.unix.solaris
FAQ: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/unix/solaris/*
Comments:
1.0: Retroactive name of SunOS 4.1.2 (see below)
(last release is Solaris 1.1.1 == SunOS 4.1.4)
2.x: SVR4, threaded kernel, SMP, kerberos, CDE, Motif;
compiler unbundled
[SPARC; i386]
2.0: Announced <1989>, released <late 1992>
2.5: NFSv3
2.5.1: PPC architecture support added for this version only
2.6: NFSv3 enhancements; mostly 64-bit option
7: 2.X numbering scheme changed to X; real 64-bit option;
optional journaling on UFS
8: IPv6. Semi-free. promised source availability.
OS: IRIX
Company: SGI
Current: 6.5.8
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.*
URL: http://www.sgi.com/developers/technology/irix/
Comments:
1 & 2: BSD-based?? [Motorola 680x0?]
3: SVR3 [MIPS]
4: <1990> SVR3.2 with much BSD. GL. POSIX [MIPS]
5.x: <1993> SVR4 [MIPS]
6.x: <1994> 64-bit. [MIPS]
OS: AIX
Company: IBM
Current: 4.3.3
Newsgroup: comp.unix.aix
FAQ: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/unix/aix/*
Comments: Originally SVR2, with many BSD extensions over the years.
Rather unique among UNIXes, with assorted oddities.
1: <1986> SVR2 [i386 (IBM PS/2)]
2: <1987> [PC RT, a RISC-based system]
3: <1989> Logical Volume Manager [RS/6000 PPC; S/370?]
4.x: [RS/6000 PPC]
5L: unreleased at present [RS/6000; IA-64]
OS: OS/390
Company: IBM
Current:
Newsgroup:
Comments: Mainframe OS that thas been UNIX-fied. Relationship
to AIX/ESA?
OS: BSD/OS
Company: BSDi
Current: 4.1
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi*
URL: http://www.bsdi.com
Comments: Originally called BSD/386. Do not confuse with 386BSD
1: <1992> BSD/386, based on 4.3 Net/2. Subject of lawsuit by AT&T.
2: <1994> 4.4-Lite merged in.
3: <1997>
4: <1998> Runs Linux programs. SMP support.
OS: Tru64
Company: Compaq
Current: 5.4
Newsgroups: comp.unix.osf, comp.unix.tru64
URL: http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/
Comments: Initially known as OSF/1, developed by the Open Group
(HP, DEC, Apollo, IBM, et al). Based on top of the
Mach kernel. Rather unusual mix of SVR4 &
BSD (now known as System V Environment. After the Open
Group disbanded, Digital changed the name to Digital UNIX.
Compaq acquired digital in '98.
1: <1990> Motif, SMP support, dynamic loading, DCE. Mach 2.5 [alpha]
1.1: <1992?> Mach 3.0-based kernel
4: <1996> Renamed DEC UNIX
5: <1999> Renamed Compaq Tru64 UNIX
OS: UnixWare
Company: SCO (Caldera?)
Current: 7.1.1
Newsgroup: comp.unix.unixware
URL: http://www.sco.com/unixware/
FAQ: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/unix/unixware/*
Comments: Originally produced by Univel, which was acquired by
Novell, then sold to SCO.
1: <1992> SVR4.2 [i386]
1.1: <1993> Novell UnixWare
2: <1995> SVR4.2MP
2.1: SCO acquires UW
[any versions between 2.1 & 7??]
7: SCO Unixware (branded SVR5, some OpenServer features)
OS: NetBSD
Company: NetBSD Project
Current: 1.4.2
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd*
URL: http://www.netbsd.org
Comments:
0.8: 386BSD-based [i386 only?]
1.0: <1994> 4.4-lite based. [i386, SPARC, MIPS, 680x0, Mac,
PA-RISC, VAX, et al]
OS: FreeBSD
Company: FreeBSD Project
Current: 4.1.1
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd*
URL: http://www.freebsd.org
Comments:
1: <1993> Based on 386BSD (Net/2)
2.0: <1994> Based on 4.4-Lite [i386; alpha]
4.0: <2000>
OS: OpenBSD
Current: 2.7
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.openbsd*
URL: http://www.openbsd.org
Comments: Offshoot of NetBSD. Code has been heavily audited
for buffer overflows and other possible exploits.
"Secure by default"
1.0: <1995>
OS: OpenServer
Company: SCO (Caldera?)
Current: 5.0.6
Newsgroup: comp.unix.sco*
URL: http://www.sco.com/openserver
Comments: Originally SCO UNIX (1989), then SCO ODT (to version 3).
Based on SVR3.2, with most SVR4 features.
OS: DYNIX/pts
Company: Sequent (subsidiary of IBM)
Current: 4.x??
Newsgroup: [none?]
URL: http://www.sequent.com/software/operatingsys/dynix.html
Comments: Name originally owned by SCO prior to Xenix. Sold to
Sequent. Pioneered SMP support under UNIX. Originally a
"dual universe" system based on 4.2BSD & SVR3. Now SVR4.
OS: DG/UX
Company: Data General
Current: 4.2
Newsgroup: [none?]
URL: http://www.dg.com/products/html/dg_ux.html
Comments: Based on SVR4, with custom SMP support. Older systems
were based on Motorola 88k CPUs; now high-end i386.
OS: UNICOS
Company: Cray (subsidiary of SGI)
Current:
Newsgroup: comp.unix.cray
URL:
Comments: First 64-bit UNIX implementation; unusual internals.
First SMP support in commercial UNIX. Based on SVR4.
What is CSOS?
1: <1985>
6: SVR3
7: SVR4
OS: Reliant UNIX
Company: Fujitsu-Siemens
Current: 5.45
Newsgroup:
URL: http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/servers/rm/rm_us/reliant.htm
Comments: Derived from SINIX. Popular in Europe.
OS: MachTen
Company: Tenon
Current:
Newsgroup: comp.unix.machten
URL: http://www.tenon.com/products/machten/
FAQ: http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?I=machten.faq
Comments: 4.4BSD on mach kernel for Macintoshes (both 680x0 & PPC),
implemented on top of MacOS.
OS: MAXION/OS
Company: Concurrent
Current:
URL: http://www.ccur.com/realtime/maxion.html
Comments: Derived from earlier RTU (real time unix) & Harris CX/UX
(see below). SVR4.2MP-based, on MIPS & PPC platforms.
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| UNIX-clone systems |
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OS: GNU/Linux
Company: not applicable; many companies
Current: 2.4 kernel
Newsgroup: comp.os.linux*
FAQ: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/os/linux/*
Comments: Open-source (GPL) Unix clone, POSIX-compliant. Actually
just a kernel, the OS that people think of as "Linux" is
usually a set of mostly GNU tools bundled together into
"distributions" (c.g., RedHat, Slackware, Debian, et al).
1.x:
2.x: SMP support [Many platforms & architectures]
2.4: Journal file system, LVM, rewritten virtual memory system
OS: HURD
Company: Free Software Foundation
Current:
URL: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/
Comments: Based on Mach 3 kernel. Work started in 1991.
OS: Minix
Company: Prentics-Hall
Current: 2.0.2
Newsgroup: comp.os.minix
Comments: Conceived as a small clone of the 7th edition of UNIX.
Written by Andrew Tanenbaum for pedagogical purposes.
Code is freely available, but cannot be modified and
redistributed (patches are allowed to be distributed).
1.0: <1987> Included in textbook "Operating Systems: Design and
Implementation" by Tanenbaum and Woodhull
1.5: [x86, including 8086; 680x0; SPARC]
2.0: POSIX-compliant (fully?) [x86; SPARC]
OS: LynxOS
Company: Lynux Works (formerly Lynx Real Time Systems)
Current: 4.0
Newsgroup: comp.os.lynx
URL: http://www.lynuxworks.com/products/whatislos.html
Comments: POSIX-compliant real time UNIX-clone (no AT&T-based code).
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| Older UNIXes, dead and/or obsolete |
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OS: UNIX
Company: AT&T
Last release: System V Release 4.2
Comments: The original UNIX of all UNIXes. Originally part of
Bell labs, became commercial product with divestiture of AT&T.
Ownership transferred to UNIX Systems Laboratories around 1990,
which was purchased by Novell around 1993. See UnixWare for
subsequent details.
First 7 versions are named after their printed manuals. Later
in-house versions at Bell Labs continued the same naming scheme
(through the 10th edition in late 80s).
(work began in 1989 on PDP-8)
1st edition: <1971> fork(2), sh, ed, roff [PDP-11]
2nd edition: <1972> pipes
3rd edition: <1973>
4th edition: <1973> rewritten in C
5th edition: <1974>
6th edition: <1975> Released outside of Bell Labs.
7th edition: <1978> Online man pages, uucp, awk, adb, make
32V: 32-bit port on Interdata.
System III: <1982> named pipes.
System IV: in-house version, never publicly released.
System V: <1983> shared memory, message queues, semaphores
System V Release 2: <1985?> opendir, readdir
System V Release 3: <1987> STREAMS, RFS
System V Release 4: <1989> Lots from BSD & SunOS (sockets, UFS, NFS,
etc), shadow passwords (in optional security addon)
System V Release 4.2: <1992?> Dynamic libraries, SMP
OS: BSD
Company: Unix Systems Computer Group at University of California,
Berkeley
Last release: 4.4
Newsgroup: comp.unix.bsd
Comments: See FreeBSD, BSD/OS, OpenBSD, NetBSD for modern
derivatives.
1: <1977> Tape of utilities for Version 6 (ex, csh, trek, et al)
2: <1978> More utilities (csh & job control, et al). Sold for $60.
2.8: <1981> full OS for PDP-11, with parts of 3 & 4BSD
2.11: <1992 thru 1999>. Contains much of 4.4BSD [PDP-11 only]
3: <1979> paging virtual memory system. First complete OS
released by Berkeley. [VAX]
4: <1980> reliable signals. FFS (Fast File System),
delivermail (== sendmail)
4.1: <1981>
4.2: <1983> socket support
4.3: <1986>
4.3-Tahoe: <1988> Version for extinct Harris Tahoe minicomputer;
last "true" BSD (or even Unix) in some eyes.
4.3-Reno: <1990> POSIX-ified
4.3 Net/2 (4.3 Lite): <1991> Subject of lawsuit by AT&T, Novell
4.4: <1993> Last release from CSRG at UCB. Immutable files, more
passwd fields, SV IPC.
OS: SunOS
Company: Sun
Last release: 4.1.4
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.*
Comments: SunOS is used here to refer to the BSD-based operating
system prior to the SVR4-based Solaris
1: <1982> 4.1BSD-based [680x0]
2: <1985> 4.2BSD-based; NFS
3: <1985> 4.2 & 4.3BSD; NeWS; FIFOs; SV IPC
4: <1989> 4.3BSD with many SV extensions (STREAMS, etc). POSIX.
also sold as "Solaris 1" (Solaris 1.0 == SunOS 4.1.2)
[680x0; SPARC; i386].
5: (See Solaris above; Solaris still uses the SunOS designation
internally)
OS: Xenix
Company: SCO
Last release: System V
Newsgroup: comp.unix.xenix*
FAQ: ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/comp/unix/xenix/*
Comments: First UNIX for intel 8086, from Microsoft; Microsoft sold
Xenix to SCO. Many proprietary extensions in early days.
Several features found their way into SVR4.
3: <1983> [x86 only]
5: <1987> First 32-bit UNIX for x86 platform (386).
SV: <1988?> mostly SVR3
OS: 386BSD
Company: Not applicable; work of Bill & Lynne Jolitz
Last release: 1.0
Newsgroup: comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc
Comments: Based on Net/2 release of BSD. Partially MACH-based,
with threads. See assorted Dr Dobbs, 1992. Very
important historically to modern BSD development.
0.1:
1.0: <1994>
OS: NeXTSTEP
Company: NeXT (owned by Apple)
Last release: 4.0
Newsgroup: comp.sys.next*
Comments: 4.3BSD on top of MACH microkernel, with proprietary GUI
written in ObjectiveC. Large influence on Mac OS X.
1: <1988> DisplayPostscript [NeXT hardware (68040]
2: <1990>
3: <1992>
3.1: [i386 support added?]
3.3: [PA-RISC & SPARC support added]
4.0: Released after Apple acquired NeXT [NeXT; i386; PA-RISC; SPARC]
OS: Ultrix
Company: DEC (now part of Compaq)
Last release: 4.5
Newsgroup: comp.unix.ultrix
1: <1984> [PDP-11; 32V on VAX]
3: 4.2BSD-based [VAX & PDP-11]
4: [VAX & DECstation MIPS; PDP-11 support dropped?] SV features, POSIX
4.5: <1995>
OS: DomainOS
Company: Apollo
Last release: SR10.4
Newsgroup: comp.sys.apollo
Comment: last version was "Dual Universe" UNIX (see also DYNIX,
PyramidOS). Acquired by HP around 1990. Some
contributions to OSF/1. Previous version (SR9.*) was
Domain/IX (and before that Aegis). [680x0]
OS: DC/OSx
Company: Pyramid
Last release: 2.0? (references to OSx 5.1)
Newsgroup: comp.sys.pyramid
Comment: Originally a "Dual Universe" UNIX (PyramidOS?) derived
from SVR3 and BSD. Later versions were SVR4 on MIPS.
Pyramid is now owned by Siemens-Fujitsu.
OS: Interactive
Company: Interactive (owned by Sun)
Last release: System V Release 3.2
Comment: Bought by Sun around 1992, who dropped support shortly
thereafter (marketted for a while as a Solaris transition,
before Solaris 2 released). Originally PC/IX (System III &
System V (rel 1)) around 1983.
OS: Coherent
Company: Mark Williams (out of business 1995)
Last release: 4.0?
Comments: UNIX-clone of 7th edition, with some SV IPC. Ran on 80286.
OS: A/UX
Company: Apple
Last release:
Newsgroup: comp.unix.aux
Comments:
2.0: SVR2 with 4.2BSD; system 6 Mac apps.
3.0: <1992> SVR2.2 with 4.3BSD, soem SVR3/4 extensions.
X11R4, MacX. System 7 Mac apps.
4.0: ??
OS: BOS
Company: Bull
Last release:
Comments: Also BOS/X and AIX for Bull's PPC... how does it relate
to below?
1: <1990> SVR3 with BSD extensions (FFS, select, sockets), SMP,
X11R3 [680x0]
2: <1991> job control, disk mirroring, C2, DCE
OS: CX/UX
Company: Harris (now Concurrent)
Last release: 7.1
Newsgroup: comp.sys.harris
Comments: SVR3 based, with BSD.
On Harris Night Hawks [motorola 68k & 88k].
6: Real Time OS. POSIX.
7.1:
OS: RTU (Real Time UNIX)
Company: Concurrent
Last release: 6.0?
Comments: Well-known early real time Unix. motorola 68k-based Masscomp.
3: BSD?
4: SVR2 with BSD
5: SVR3 with BSD (dual-universe)
OS: UTX/32S
Company: Gould
Last release: 1.0? <approx 1985-86>
Comments: Based on top of 4.2BSD, implemented C2 auditing; Trusted
Computing Base which involved trusted/untrusted access
by users to system resources. Ran on custom hardware.
OS: HELIOS
Company: Perihelion
URL: http://www.perihelion.co.uk
Comments: Designed specifically for parallel processing. Ran on
INMOS (a risc processor) transputer (Atari made a few).
Dated from around 1987.
OS: Cromix
Company: Cromemco 11
URL: http://www.cromemco.com
Comments: Originally running on a [Z-80] (from the company that
produced the first Z-80-based computer), this was the
first UNIX-like OS on a microcomputer. Did not contain
UNIX code? Later on [680x0]
OS: FTX
Company: Stratus
Last release: 3?
Comments: Fault Tolerant Unix. [680x0, i860, i960]
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| Other UNIXes |
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Assorted System V Release 4 derivatives
COMPANY NAME PLATFORM NOTES
AT&T SV/386 i386 Sold to Novell in 1993
Consensys SVR4.2
DELL SV i386
ESIX SVR4 i386 http://www.esix.com
Generics SVR4.03 i386 German
Microport SVR4 i386 http://www.microport.com
NCR SV i386 After spun off from AT&T
Olivetti LSX SVR4
Sony NEWS-OS SVR4.2 [680x0; MIPS]
UHC SVR4 i386
Texas Instrments TI System V ?
Unisys SVR4 i386
Amiga Amiga UX SVR4 68030
Assorted OSF/1 derivatives
COMPANY NAME PLATFORM NOTES
Paragon OSF/1 i386
Hewlett-Packard OSF/1 PA-RISC publicly released?
Hitachi OSF/1 HI-370
Others
COMPANY NAME BASE OS NOTES
Acorn RiscIX [Risc PC]
Archipel SA VOLVIX SVR3.2, BSD4.4
Alcyon Regulus UNIX-like OS on [680x0]
Alliant Concentrix 4.3BSD SMP [680x0 MP]
Amdahl UTS 2.1.5 [Mainframe-based]
Auragen AurOS
Ballistic Research \
Labs BRL UNIX 4.3BSD <1988> [VAX]
Charles River \
Data Systems UNOS 9.2 UNIX-clone real-time OS [680x0]
Chorus MiXV SVR3.2, SVR4 "over Chorus nucleus"
Control Data EP/IX RISC/OS, SVR[34], BSD POSIX [MIPS]
Convergent CTIX 6.4.1 SVR3 previously CTOS??
Convex ConvexOS 10.1 4.3BSD Acquired by HP in 1994 [Convex supercomputers]
Convex SPP-UX HP-UX [PA RISC]
SPP-UX - Convex
Data General Sphinx
Denelcor HEP-UPX Direct parallel execution
Diab Systems DNIX SV Real-time Unix [DIAB DS90]
Emerge Systems RTUX Real-time UNIX [680x0]
Fortune Systems FOR:PRO V7 <mid 1980's> [Fortune 32:16]
Encore Umax 5.2 BSD [Motorola 88k]
Everex ENIX SV
Heurikon UniPlus+ SV [68010]
Hitachi HI-UX 03 HP-UX Sold in Japan only
Human Computing \
Resources RT/EMT V7 [PDP-11]
IBM CPIX V7 (later SIII?) <1982>
IBM AOS BSD? <1982> [PC RT]
Interactive IS/3 SIII [PDP-11; VAX]
Interactive VM/IX SIII [VM/360]
Introl INOS <early 1980s> [Artisan 6809]
JMI Software C Executive Unix-like real-time OS
Microware OS 9 Unix-like real-time OS [680x0]
Mt Xinu Mach386 4.3BSD-Tahoe on Mach 2.5 [DEC LSI]
Mt Xinu more/BSD 4.3BSD-Tahoe [VAX, HP 680x0]
Marrow Designs Micronix
National \
Semiconductor Genix 4.2BSD early 80's [NS16032, NS32032]
Norsk Data NDIX BSD Norwegian?
Omega TOS Thoroughbred Operating System
Perq Systems PNX 5.02 version 7 & SIII [PERQ 680x0]
Plexus System B? SV
Phase 1 Oasis
Quantum Software QNX Unix-like [80286]
Spider Systems QNIX SV Runs on top of Accent (CMU Mach \
forbearer) [PERQ 680x0]
Tektronix TNIX V.3 SV [Tektronix]
Tektronix UTEK 4.0 4.2BSD [ver 3: NS32032; ver 4: 680x0]
Sequoias Enterprise \
Systems Topix Transaction-oriented UNIX
SGS-Ates SUNIX SIII & BSD [Z-8002]
Solbourne OS/MP 4 SunOS derivative Basically, multi-processing SunOS
SRI Eunice Oddball UNIX-simulator on top of VMS
Stardent Stellix SV with BSD? [titan 1500/3000]
UCB NachOS Tiny UNIX-like instructional OS
University of \
Canberra Xinu UNIX-clone [LSI; 680x0; i386; Sparc]
VenturCom Inc Venix SIII on PDP-11/SV on x86
Whitesmith Idris V7 Unix-clone. [8086; VAX; 68000; PDP-11]
Zilog Zeus V7 [Z8001]
(Tudor Hulubei) Thix Unix-clone (kernel from scratch)
(Frank Naumann) FREEMiNT Unix-like OS for Atari [680x0]
(various) UZIX V7 Unix-clone, from scratch [Zilog MSX]
? Eurix SVR3.2 German [x86]
? DVIX SVR2
? MacMach 4.3BSD on Mach 3.0
? ACIS 3/ACIX 4 IBM PC RT BSD-based?
? Arix SV
? MipsOS SV (prev. BSDish)
? MMOS Real-time UNIX
Unconfirmed:
COMPANY OS COMMENTS
Alphamicro Unimos
CCI Perps
CIM Corp. Serix
Codata? Unity Codata acquired by SCO 1990
DMC Uni-Dol
Opus Systems Opus 5
Unidos Unidos
Codata Unisis
IBM/Interactive VM/LX [UNIX on 370s??]
ONYX Onix
Unisys SX-110 Unix or not?
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Lew Pitcher
>I posted this a couple weeks ago on our corporate newsfeed, but it doesn't
>seem to be distributing to the outside world (again). So I thought I'd
>repost it on newsfeeds.com. This is my updated of section 6.3 of the
>UNIX FAQ, which hasn't been updated in quite a while.
>
>My sources include my own memory (nearly 13 years of using, about 6 or
>7 of administering), assorted documentation and books in my library,
>the internet, and old issues of UnixWorld and Unix Review. Feel free
>to point out errors, of which I'm sure there are many, as well as to
>send me additional information.
>---------------------
>
>Quick Definitions:
>UNIX: Operating system whose ultimate roots are 6th & 7th editions.
> Usually contains actual AT&T-derived code (excepting 4.4BSD).
>UNIX-clone: Operating system which very strongly resembles traditional
> UNIXes. Usually implemented with no AT&T-derived code.
>UNIX-like: Operating system which resembles traditional unix in system
> calls and/or interface
[details snipped]
Wow! That's impressive; you even have Cromix in there <g>
I have a question though:
Where (in your quick definitions and/or your detailed list) do the
POSIX standard and the current Unix (TM, The Open Group) fit in?
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
John Riddoch
> OS: Solaris
> Company: Sun
> Current: 8
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.*, comp.unix.solaris
You might want to add alt.solaris.x86 in that.
--
John Riddoch Email: j...@scms.rgu.ac.uk Telephone: (01224)262721
http://www.scms.rgu.ac.uk/staff/jr/
"I'd change the world but God won't give me the source code" - Anonymous
Paul Hughett
: [ Long impressive list of Unix systems...]
The Minix book is published by Prentice-Hall, not Prentics-Hall.
You may not want to get into this can of worms, but you could also
distinguish between:
Unix(tm): Unix and Unix-clone systems that carry the Open Group trademark
Un*x: Unix and Unix-clone systems that don't
Thanks for your work in compiling this list; it's going into my
permanent files right now.
Paul Hughett