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> If this is a quote from an AT&T source it is bizarre because DEC Ultrix
> is based on AT&T licensed Unix code (principally BSD 4.x) and therefore
> could not be used for an OSF Unix clone product since the whole point is
> to write a suitable Unix clone from scratch that has not one line of
> AT&T code and therefore requires no AT&T licensing.  The IBM product is
> a clone, and fills the bill, at least as an OSF starting point.

AIX, both current versions and the one to be used as a base for OSF
implementations, uses at least enough AT&T code to be subject to AT&T
licensing.  Contrary to various postings, "the whole point" of OSF is
not to avoid AT&T licensing.  There are many things to consider in
choosing an implementation base.  Remember that AT&T and Sun also have
announced plans to re-implement the UNIX(r) operating system.

		Bob Lenk
		{ihnp4, hplabs}!hpfcla!rml
		rml%hpfcla@hplabs.hp.com

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