[KLUG Members] Re: UnitedLinux & Review of 3 Penguins -- Yes, "Monterey" = AIX 5L

[Adam Williams]

>>?>Yes, and years ago IBM, Sun, HP, SCO, & UniSys all pledged to created a
>>?>unified UNIX to counter the M$ onslaught.  Still waiting.........
>>Oh, wait!  AIX has release version 5L whose claim to fame is Linux 
>>compatibility,  Linux has iBCS to run SCO binaries,  Sun has pledge to 
>>make Slowaris more Linux-like, as has HP (as they want GNOME on their 
>>workstations).  So I guess a UNIX standard sort of has happened,  but not 
>>one for which the big UNIX players can take much credit.
>>And it is amusing to read how IBM has made AIX (expensive and "high end") 
>>more Linux compatible.  Just strikes one as "standing on ones head". 
>Yes, the project to create an "unified" UNIX for IA-32 (aka x86) and
>IA-64 (Itanium/McKinley) was "Monterey." It basically became AIX 5L as
>SCO went the way of the dodos -- i.e. Caldera.  If you hit the old
>"Monterey" URL, you'll get IBM's AIX 5L page.  ;-P

AIX 5L is available for the IA-64?  Huh,  I thought AIX had beat a
retreat to its Power PC strong hold.  The last time I saw an Intel
version was something around 3.2.5 (when Pentiums were brand new, and
real UNIX on Intel was a truly glacial performer).