a/ux look-alikes etc
Fred Fish
fnf at fishpond.UUCP
Wed Aug 31 14:54:38 AEST 1988
In article <16349 at apple.Apple.COM> jk at Apple.COM (John Kullmann) writes:
>In some previous postings hulsebos at philmds.UUCP (Rob Hulsebos)
>>I do not run A/UX but a look-alike (not a clone) system, made by
>>the same company that made the A/UX system for Apple.
>
>THAT company did not make A/UX for Apple. We conceived of, designed, and
>implemented A/UX. We have no "supplier" for A/UX. We own it, build it,
>maintain it, and enhance it.
Hmmm, for the record then, perhaps you could answer the following:
When and where exactly did Unix, running on the Mac-II hardware,
first boot up and issue a shell prompt?
Agreed, A/UX is greatly enhanced over the system that was probably
running on those first hardware prototypes, but making it sound like
Apple designed and implemented Unix from scratch just for the Mac-II
is like IBM claiming it invented the mouse and graphical interface.
Credit where credit is due...
-Fred
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