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 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Jose M. Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es >Universidad del Pais Vasco | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose >Dpto. de Electricidad y Electronica | >Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-4-4647700 x2624 >48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-4-4858139 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Go ahead... make my day." - H. Callahan > >
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