Opus
<project, product> A Honeywell operating system promised as a sop to
customers after canning Multics in 1985. Opus was to provide everything Multics
had and more, plus total compatibility with the Level 6/DPS6 operating system.
"Opus" was a code name, the system was officially named VS3 (short for HVS R3 or
Honeywell Virtual System Release Three). It was to run on the DPS6-plus hardware
known internally as the MRX and HRX, and be all things to all people.
The hardware was a dud (though it did run the native DPS6 software just fine),
and the goal was, shall we say, ambitious. The effort was cancelled by Bull in
1987, in favor of another project going on in France.
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