Developer | Sequent Computer Systems |
---|---|
OS family | Unix-like ( BSD or SysV) |
Working state | Discontinued |
Initial release | 1984 |
Available in | English |
Succeeded by | DYNIX/ptx |
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]
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]
Developer | Sequent Computer Systems |
---|---|
OS family | Unix-like ( BSD or SysV) |
Working state | Discontinued |
Initial release | 1984 |
Available in | English |
Succeeded by | DYNIX/ptx |
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]
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]