There’s more interesting news on the Japanese Unix saga that we have been following over the last few weeks: according to Tom Mace, Unix International’s director of marketing, Unix Software Operation’s System V development work will ultimately be merged or integrated with the Sigma project’s own Unix work – previously there has been no indication of such a move: the X/Open deal with Sigma is limited to ensuring the conformance between X/Open and Sigma’s software tools; Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry has spent some $200m on the Sigma project so far, and the project’s standard Unix workstation specification is due to be released sometime next year.
