Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!gwyn@brl-vld From: gwyn%brl-vld@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: 8th edition Unix(tm) Message-ID: <16454@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Feb-84 15:10:14 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.16454 Posted: Mon Feb 6 15:10:14 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 9-Feb-84 23:29:55 EST Lines: 16 From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB)"8th Edition UNIX" is also known as "Research Version 8" and is what the Bell Labs computer science research folks have. You didn't really expect them to stop evolving UNIX, did you? The official AT&T UNIX product is UNIX System V, and I am sure they do not want to support more than one version of UNIX. I believe and hope that the more useful innovations from Research Version 8 and elsewhere will appear in AT&T UNIX somewhere down the pike (pun not intended). I personally do not have access to Research Version 8; I think one or two universities may have a copy. My understanding is that its kernel evolved from the 4.1BSD kernel and its user utilities are rationalized, without all the typical Berkeley cruft (e.g. "cat -v"). If this description is not correct, presumably someone will further respond.