Re: Is the NeXT a true UNIX box?

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From: andrew
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 00:18

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In article <80892@ut-emx.uucp> ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd) writes:
>Is the NeXT a true UNIX box, or is the UNIX part grafted on a non-
>UNIX OS, like A/UX.  (I am not sure how A/UX is designed, so flame
>away if the above statement is BS.)

It looks, feels, tastes, and even smells like 4.3BSD, because it is
4.3BSD.  But it uses the Mach kernel (so does OSF/1) and has a bunch
of other NeXT add-ons (NetInfo for instance).  NeXT ships a really
good unix.


andrew
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