Microsoft and Xenix.
I have a complete set of the "XENIX System V" manuals and diskettes (User's Guide, User's Reference, Runtime Operating System, and Development System) for the AT&T Personal Computer 6300. The slipcases have the AT&T "Death Star" logo on the spines, and the manuals have separate copyrights listed for AT&T (1985), Microsoft (1983, 1984, 1985), and the Santa Cruz Operation (1984, 1985). I never had a 6300, but I did try booting the install diskette once on a Leading Edge Model D (PC/XT clone) and to my surprise it booted OK.
Wayne
"Mike Jagdis" <[email protected]> on 06/23/2001 12:57:37 PM
To: "Alan Chandler" <[email protected]>, [email protected]
cc: "Rob Landley" <[email protected]> (bcc: Wayne
Brown/Corporate/Altec)
Subject: RE: Microsoft and Xenix.
Quoted 2 lines
I hope the following adds a more direct perspective on this, as I was a user at the time.
I was _almost_ at university :-). However I do have a first edition of the IBM Xenix Software Development Guide from december 1984. It has '84 IBM copyright and '83 MS copyright. The SCO stuff I have goes back to '83 - MS copyrights on it go back to '81 but that's probably just the compiler and DOS compatibility.
Basically Xenix was the first MS/IBM attempt at a "real OS" for the
PC. MS realised that multiuser/multitasking was less important than colour graphics for PC owners and decided to pull out of the Xenix business. IBM licensed it under their name to keep their desktop computer concept alive while the Xenix team emerged from the shake out to form SCO.
Mike
--
Chief Network Architect Mobile: +44 7780 608 368
Kokua Communications Ltd Office: +44 20 7292 1680
52-53 Conduit Street Fax: +44 20 7292 1681
London W1S 2YX
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected]
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/