irix, system v, and slackware

ok I made a boo-boo when I was reading about irix. A couple papers said
irix is open source so I got excited and whizzed over to sgi.com to
check out dnloading and installing irix, that is when I learned that
irix itself is proprietary but there is a list of modules that can be
dnloaded and installed and most of those are open source. I apologize
for the misunderstanding. Oh and thanks for replying, I knew that when
writing this e-mail that it has a very open ended response but I didn't
know how else to word the message. Or perhaps it is just that not many
here have experience with irix since it is a proprietary os.

Craig S.


> . Did they make it open source now? I should check it out. Cheers!
> Sundar Craig S. wrote:
>
>>> I have been looking at the irix os lately and was wondering what the
>>> learning curve is for someone who is competent configuring/using *nix.
>>> I have no experience with system v and the unix platforms I have
>>> worked with in the past are Solaris 4.x and HP-UX 9.0. With slackware
>>> I have managed to expand my sphere of *nix knowledge to BSD type
>>> platforms. Ok, by now most reading this are going BFD. I am just
>>> hoping that someone might have a little background with irix, mainly
>>> because I job that I am looking at applying for is requesting someone
>>> familiar with irix and I don't want to look stupid if I get called for
>>> an interview. I am reading up irix and since I believe it is open
>>> source am thinking about installing it to get a look and feel for the
>>> os but am hoping for live experiences with the os. Because this topic
>>> is out of step with the group discussion feel free to e-mail me
>>> privately on this topic if you wish.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Craig S.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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