<s>
DYNIX	B-Operating_System
(	O
DYNamic	O
UnIX	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Sequent	O
Computer	O
Systems	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
4.2BSD	O
and	O
modified	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
Intel-based	O
symmetric	B-Operating_System
multiprocessor	I-Operating_System
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
major	O
(	O
Dynix	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
)	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
May	O
,	O
1987	O
;	O
by	O
1992	O
DYNIX	B-Operating_System
was	O
succeeded	O
by	O
DYNIX/ptx	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
UNIX	B-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
V	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
obtained	O
rights	O
to	O
DYNIX/ptx	B-Operating_System
in	O
1999	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
acquired	O
Sequent	O
for	O
$810	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
's	O
subsequent	O
Project	B-Operating_System
Monterey	I-Operating_System
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
,	O
circa	O
1999	O
,	O
"	O
to	O
unify	O
AIX	B-Application
with	O
Sequent	O
's	O
Dynix/ptx	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
and	O
UnixWare.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2001	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
explosion	O
in	O
popularity	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
...	O
prompted	O
IBM	O
to	O
quietly	O
ditch	O
"	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
was	O
named	O
Dynix	B-Operating_System
4.1.4	O
.	O
</s>
