Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers,alt.security Subject: Re: PC/IX, Unix on x86, Hmmm ... Downloaded Xenix - But It's *41* Floppies Worth Date: 30 Aug 2025 20:36:37 GMT Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: <108l4vk$77t$1@gal.iecc.com> <108smt4$2pi1$1@gal.iecc.com> <108sqta$256ak$8@dont-email.me> <108u972$2f7ql$7@dont-email.me> <108ulik$2il1s$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net +r2n8W2qlgo80D9TlhrGOgFjFB0rKtDqF484abiHj5BiejoQ8i Cancel-Lock: sha1:ExKNjnP7wJvAWwaX3dBV92/3oZ4= sha256:2ZhvqfzNmdopCyk2c3u0kZenjFer4Fl0fZt/tcTF1rg= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:72783 alt.folklore.computers:231681 alt.security:1307 On Sat, 30 Aug 2025 11:59:32 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > I was the boss. SCO Unix for the networked servers and Win 3 for the > desktops SUN PC-NFS to hang it all together. Our legacy products were developed for RS6000 AIX. Port to Linux, port to Windows. Windows won. There were two sites that had Linux servers but then the administrators who were Linux fans moved on and the new guy went to Windows. The customer is always right as long as they keep signing checks (cheques, whatever you want to call them)