Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 01:02:31 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SunOS (was: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted)) Message-ID: <14883.22663.798406.35937@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20001128162028.L36542@echunga.lemis.com> References: <105953745@toto.iv> <14883.13084.936215.485266@guru.mired.org> <20001128153136.F36542@echunga.lemis.com> <14883.18053.897935.589671@guru.mired.org> <20001128162028.L36542@echunga.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> types: > > Other companies that went through the BSD->SysV transition changed the > > name of the OS: Ultrix turned into OSF (among other things), > Well, OSF definitely wasn't System V. Quite the contrary. True. OSF required a System III license, and tried to be all things to all people. It did strange things like making "ps <flags>" use BSD flags, but "ps -<flags>" use SysV flags. DEC went from there to DEC Unix (whatever that is), but they *changed the name* when the Unix they started from became radically different. Which is what Sun failed to do. <mike -- Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for rates. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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