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Date:      Thu, 18 Dec 1997 14:10:18 -0500
From:      Ron Steele <ron@dc.infi.net>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux Vs. FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <3.0.3.32.19971218141018.00922220@shellhost.dc.infi.net>
In-Reply-To: <349960CE.FEAFEE62@we.lc.ehu.es>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971218105304.15979I-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>

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This is all too easy.  I want to know the linage of HP-UX. :)

Ron


>Matthew D. Fuller wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Paul T. Root wrote:
>> 
>> > SunOS aka SunOS 4.x aka Solaris 1.x is based on BSD 4.2 with some 4.3
>> > stuff migrated in and some SVR3 mixed in for good mesure.
>> >
>> > Solaris 2.x aka SunOS 5.x is based on SVR4.
>> Well, these aren't technically correct.
>> Solaris and SunOS were completely different lines of developement; calling
>> SunOS Solaris 1.x/2.x is Sun's way of editing history to suit themselves.
>> But both of these have a lot of changes from the vanilla SVR4/4.2BSD that
>> they're derived from.
>> 
>
>Well, these aren't technically correct ;-). Solaris includes SunOS,
>OpenWindows and other packages: Solaris 1.x includes SunOS 4.1.3 and
>OpenWindows 3; Solaris 2.x includes SunOS 5.x and OpenWindows 3.x.
>And indeed, SunOS 4.x is a BSD derivative and SunOS 5.x is SVR4 based.
>
>-- JM
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