Split Thread Linux and UNIX reminiscences

a_unique_person said:
Why didn't they just check when they wrote MS-DOS which way UNIX did it. They guessed and they guessed wrong. It caused all kinds of hassles for me over the years.
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Tangentially... the first Microsoft product I ever purchased was Xenix. Circa 1980s.
 
Darat said:
Mine was SCO Xenix - all part and parcel of the MS/IBM mishmash - would have been about 1986 I think.
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I actually did a study on the advantages of IBM Token Ring using an IBM PC with MS Xenix installed. So many technologies lost and forgotten. :whistling
 
I remember when I was working in an SAP project. The first stage they put on a mainframe. Cost a fortune but it worked.

The second stage they put on HP servers with HP UNIX.

What a contrast.

UNIX was flaky as hell and the security was a joke compared to MVS.
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
I actually did a study on the advantages of IBM Token Ring using an IBM PC with MS Xenix installed. So many technologies lost and forgotten. :whistling
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I was one of the 4 programmers in a small manufacturing company. We did our product app coding (C, Ratfor, Assy) on 4 RS-232 terminals hooked to an IBM XT with MS Xenix. Used it to keep track of source code. SCCS, IIRC.
 
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