DYNIX

DYNIX

DYNIX

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For similar sounding terms, see Dynax, Dynas, Dymax, and Dymas.
This article is about the operating system. For the integrated library system, see Dynix (software). For the company, see Dynix Corporation.

DYNIX (DYNamic UnIX) was a Unix-like operating system developed by Sequent Computer Systems, based on 4.2BSD and modified to run on Intel-based[1] symmetric multiprocessor hardware. The third major (Dynix 3.0) version was released May, 1987;[2] by 1992 DYNIX was succeeded by DYNIX/ptx,[3] which was based on UNIX System V.[4]

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IBM obtained rights to DYNIX/ptx in 1999, when it acquired Sequent[5] for $810 million.[6]

IBM's subsequent Project Monterey was an attempt, circa 1999, "to unify AIX with Sequent's Dynix/ptx operating system and UnixWare." By 2001, however, "the explosion in popularity of Linux ... prompted IBM to quietly ditch" this.[7][8]

A version was named Dynix 4.1.4.[9]


References

  1. [1]
    "New Version of IBM DB2 Universal Database". May 17, 1999.
  2. [2]
    "Emerging Technologies Multi/Parallel Processing" (PDF).
  3. [3]
    DYNIX/ptx System Administration Guide, Volume 1 (1003-59809-00). Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
  4. [4]
    "The system we investigated was a NUMA-Q 2000 System from IBM running a proprietary, System V based, operating system DYNIX/ptx."Mohamed Ibrahim; Josef Küng; Norman Revell (2000). Database and Expert Systems Applications: 11th International. ISBN 3540679782.
  5. [5]
    "SCO pulls second IBM Unix license". CNET.
  6. [6]
    "IBM drops Intel high-end server". Computerworld. May 13, 2002.
  7. [7]
    "Sequent "Project Monterey" Road Map". Computerworld. February 1, 1999. p. 28.
  8. [8]
    "Caldera loads Linux apps on UnixWare". ZDNet.
  9. [9]
    "Problems managing Sequent Dynix 4.1.4". Retrieved July 5, 2019.
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