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Re: Today, 50 years ago

From	John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Today, 50 years ago
Date	2026-04-15 11:21 -0700
Organization	A place where nothing fits quite right
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On Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:04:29 -0000 (UTC)
cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) wrote:

> Irix was basically SVR4 with a bunch of SGI's cool graphics
> stuff layered on top of it, but in terms of the actual OS, it
> wasn't all _that_ different from other, similar commercial
> Unixes out there at the time.  I remember thinking that SunOS,
> OSF/1, and even Solaris, were more pleasant to work with.

Irix's "Interactive Desktop" was much nicer and more polished than the
GUIs offered by other commercial Unices at the time. Had a decent GUI
package manager, as well.

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