[Info-vax] New CEO of VMS Software

[chrisq]

On 1/8/24 17:25, Dan Cross wrote:

> I believe that you're thinking of Apollo, which had an operating
> system called "Domain/OS" (originally "AEGIS") which was not
> really Unix, though had a Unix "environment".  It was done from
> scratch and more closely resembled Multics in internal
> sturcture.
> 

Yes, that was it.

> Over time, HP ditched the underlying OS and went with their
> System V derivative instead.

I think it was HP-Ux 10 or so, and even that seemed quite weird
in terms of the command set. That was on one of the HP tech
computers, 68030 cpu, from memory, with all the peripherals
linked by hpib cables. Very capable little machines though, for
instrument control work.

> 
> An interesting tie-in to DEC was, when HP acquited Compaq, and
> thus the DEC IP rights, whether they would wind down HP-UX and
> go with Tru64 as their Unix offering (or the other way around).
> Too bad that HP-UX is the one still standing.  :-(
> 

Shame they backed the wrong horse. Tru64 may have been a bit
unpolished round the edges, but a far more straightforward
os to work with than Hp-Ux. Just needed a bit more work to
finish the job...

Chris