Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 10:56:08 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> Cc: William S Rickards III <wrickard@thunder.ocis.temple.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux Vs. FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971218105304.15979I-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199712181400.IAA09435@horton.iaces.com>
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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. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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