Peter,
>> Actually, this is not the case. SCO was already in business for some
time
>> when Xenix came into being.
>
>Really? I remember using the first Xenix port on the XT, and the Radio
>Shack 68000 ports, and Microsoft did a good job of giving the impression
>that it was all their work.
I'm not sure about the XT port you reference - this may indeed be the case.
My involvement was originally on the 68000 side in I believe the 1982
timeframe, and then about 6 months later with the original 286 systems
working with Intel. I don't remember the exact arrangements between SCO and
Microsoft at the time, but Microsoft was clearly the originator or driving
force behind the software.
What was interesting at the time, was the combination of
Motorola/Microsoft/UNIX. :-)
>I'm all agog and faunch to know just how much SCO and Forward Technology
>had to do with Xenix, and how Microsoft ended up with such a large chunk
>of SCO.
Forward Technology was one of the original companies in the valley to
license the SUN design out of Stanford (a MC68000 based MultiBus board), and
was working with both SCO and Microsoft in this particular port. I'm not
knowledgable on any subsequent investment into SCO, and was only commenting
on the fact that SCO's existance pre-dates the Xenix work.
Best Regards,
Tim Kehres
International Messaging Associates
http://www.ima.com
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