System V Release 4.0 for 80x86 systems
Conor P. Cahill
cpcahil at virtech.uucp
Sat Oct 27 07:17:46 AEST 1990
For those of you who are asking the questions, here is a compilation
of the information regarding availability of System V R4.0 for *86 based
systems:
First off, some general information. Currently all vendors have included
the following packages in their release:
Operating System (2-user)
Software Development System
NFS, RFS
TCP/IP
X11R3
Openlook
For those of you that don't know, System V.4 includes the following
features:
BSD 4.3 compatibility (supports symbolic links, BSD
file system, safe signals, etc)
New Virtual memory manager (from Sun OS)
Dynamic system tunable tables allocation
Memory mapped files
ANSI C Compiler
New object file format (ELF - Extensible Linking Format)
New dynamic shared library linking
K-Shell
With regard to pricing, I will mention that although the OS royalty
for a 2 user system has actually gone down since S5R3.2, the royalties
for the add-on packages, plus the royalty for the multi-user extension
add up to a greater overall royalty on the S5V4 product (vs the S5R3
product). Those of us who had been expecting lower pricing because of
AT&T's announcement of lower royalties shouldn't hold our breath.
The following vendors have at least said something about S5R4:
UHC 713-782-2700 email: uunet!uhc!support
Has released a production version of S5R4. Due to comments
here (in comp.unix.sysv386) they will be adding on-line
manual pages as of next week. Release 2.0 is due at the
end of Nov and will include several bug fixes and X/News
interface to the docs (a la AIX). X11R4 w/Motif 1.1 is
also due at the end of Nov.
Pricing: $1,995 (Unlimited Users)
Media: 1/4" cartridge, 1.2 & 1.44 MB floppies
Price includes 30 days unlimited hotline support. Additional
support is available under support contract.
Intel
Intel does not sell the package directly, they sell it through
retailers. The retailer that I have delt with is Programmers
Connection (800-336-1166). They do not have it in stock, but
say they can get it in 5 days.
This is a *developers* release only. It is not meant to be
installed by end-users.
Basic system: $1,119 (1-2 user)
1,339 (unlimited user)
On-Line manual pages: 245
Media: 1/4" cartridge, 1.2 & 1.44 MB floppies
Intel also offers an upgrade to for any existing 3.2 user.
The upgrade is $395 and only includes the software. Documents
are not included (cost is approx $450). This is only available
on tape and they say the OS can be picky about which tape
drives it supports.
Intel stated that the upgrade should be available from any
retailer, but Programmer's connection does not sell it.
Microport 800-FOR-UNIX
Has released S5R4. package includes all of the above listed
items. Pricing is as follows:
Basic system: $1,500 (1-2 user)
2,000 (unlimited user)
Developer package: $2,500 (includes 1 year of
hotline support, upgrades,
and on-line manual pages)
System is only available on 1/4" cartridge tape (with a 1.2 or
1.44 MB boot floppy)
Price includes 30 days unlimited hotline support. Additional
support is available under support contract.
Interactive 800-346-7111
Is working on S5R4, but will probably not release it until
next year some time.
ESIX 415-683-ESIX
Is working on S5R4, but will probably not release it until
next year also.
SCO
Announced that they will NOT be releasing a System V.4
product, although they will continue to enhance the S5R3
product and maintain compatibility with the new Intel ABI.
AT&T
I have no info on their product, although I have seen
questions flying around from people that have the product,
so it is available somewhere.
Any corrections/additions to the above information, send me email and I
will include it in a future posting.
--
Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc.,
uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160
Sterling, VA 22170
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