[Coco] [Color Computer] The evolution of the Coco..

[Dave]

Glen, yep, remember reading something along those lines many moons 
ago....
Microsoft did dabble in "real" OS's at some point in the past ;-) 
j/k!
I did like playing with OS/2 in my pre-NT days also....but it was a 
^@%$#^ to install.....
And NT3.x was a pain in the @55 with the inumerable service 
packs.....(history continues to repeat on that one)
Cheers Dave




--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar" 
<glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> More people will correct me if I am wrong, but Xienx was orginaly 
a 
> Microsoft product:
> a google search pulled this:
> In the late 1970's Microsoft licensed UNIX source code from AT&T 
which at 
> the time was not licensing the name UNIX. Therefore Microsoft 
created the 
> name Xenix. Microsoft did not sell Xenix to end-users but instead 
licensed 
> the software to software OEMs such as Intel, Tandy, Altos and SCO 
who then 
> provided a finished version of their own Xenix to the end-users or 
other 
> customers.
> 
> SCO introduced its first version of Xenix named SCO Xenix System V 
for the 
> Intel 8086 and 8088 in 1983. Today SCO Xenix is one of the more 
commonly 
> used and found versions of Xenix.
> 
> -Glen
> >
> >
> >
> >H'mmnn...Xenix.....the TRS line used that particular OS at some
> >point...
> >
> >I still have my unused copy of SCO 286 Xenix in storage in the
> >basement but have nothing to run it on....oh well :-(
> >
> >Does anyone remember the Mark Williams package called
> >Coherent...another Unix clone and the first one I learned Unix on
> >after college.....
> >
> >And didn't Wally-Mart offer Linux boxes in the States?
> >
> >Cheers Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Glen VanDenBiggelaar"
> ><glenvdb at h...> wrote:
> > >
> > > John (and the rest)
> > > Don't get me wrong. I know that CoCo/ XP platform will never 
work,
> >XP is so
> > > bloated that you could nevre shrink the kernal to fit it that
> >small. Not
> > > even NT (NT 4, which to this day is probaly one of MS most 
stable
> >products
> > > in my opinion). I am just stating that no mater where I go, 
Linux
> >is being
> > > stated as "The holy Grail" of the IT world, by the zelots out
> >there (and I
> > > am not saying anyone here is a Zelot). UNIX itself if not even
> >being
> > > debated- just Linux. I would love to see MS bring back Xenix-
(buy
> >back the
> > > rights). My opinoin (and its just mine) is -I am not going 
forced
> >into a
> > > product that is taking the market by about 3-5% a year, and
> >the "big"
> > > computer manufactures (Dell, IBM, etc) have no confidence in 
the
> >product on
> > > the consumer level. I know you might say that this is because
> >lisensing
> > > parterships with Bill and the boys), but the average consumer 
is
> >the one
> > > still who does have the final say.
> > >
> > > BTW - I do know this will get me in a bit of trouble, but keep 
in
> >mind, its
> > > just an opinion, If Mac hadn't used A flavour of Linux of OS 
10,
> >it would
> > > even be less popular, because the Mac people really had no 
choice
> >except to
> > > stay with OS9.
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >Coco/Linux, Coco/BSD, Coco/FreeDOS, Coco/ReactOS, etc. all 
could
> >make
> > > >sense. Coco/WinXP doesn't as far as I can tell, for reasons 
that
> >myself,
> > > >Merch, and Frank have already outlined.
> > > >
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