Date: Sun, 2 Aug 98 23:15:15 -0400
From: msokolov@blackwidow.SOML.CWRU.Edu (Michael Sokolov)
Message-Id: <9808030315.AA18511@blackwidow.SOML.CWRU.Edu>
To: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
Subject: Re: The Unix Society
Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
Precedence: bulk

   Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> writes:
> [...] an SCO licence for 16 bit UNIX.  If we
> do it now, there will never be a license for 32 bit UNIX.
   
   Excuse me, sir, I have to make a point here. The SCO license _DOES_
cover 32-bit UNIX(R), namely 32V! 32V is the first version of UNIX for 32-
bit machines aka VAXen, and it's the mother of EVERYTHING known today as
West Coast UNIX, from 3BSD to the freebies, whether for VAXen or other 32-
bit CPUs.
   
   As I have said all along, PUPS's pre-hung-up'ness on PDP-11s has been
the source of a lot of grief for us the VAX lovers. It is the reason why
SCO's license talks so much about PDP-11s and the reason I have had so much
trouble obtaining the software I need, since everyone believes that the SCO
license is limited to 16-bit toys. Of course it is not, and in fact it is
the reason why Marshall Kirk McKusick is releasing the CD-ROMs with CSRG's
code (80% of which is 32-bit), but thanks to PUPS's pre-hung-up'ness on
PDP-11s, try to explain this to people!
   
   Thanks Daemon the gang is finally beginning to realize that UNIX(R) runs
on more than just PDP-11s.
   
   Sincerely,
   Michael Sokolov
   Phone: 216-368-6888 (Office) 440-449-0299 (Home) 216-217-2579 (Cellular)
   ARPA Internet SMTP mail: msokolov@blackwidow.CWRU.Edu