Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 23:45:41 -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: Linux vs. FreeBsd (reposted) Message-ID: <14883.18053.897935.589671@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20001128153136.F36542@echunga.lemis.com> References: <105953745@toto.iv> <14883.13084.936215.485266@guru.mired.org> <20001128153136.F36542@echunga.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> types: > On Monday, 27 November 2000 at 22:22:52 -0600, Mike Meyer wrote: > > Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> types: > >> BSD became the basis for certain versions of UNIX, most notably > >> Sunos..aka these days Solaris, and Ultrix (DEC Unix of it's day, > >> the most awful Unix system ever let loose). > > Sun wins the award for the most confusing naming, hands down. > I don't know what's so confusing about that. SunOS up to 4 was based > on BSD. SunOS from 5 onward was based on System V. Solaris is a name > they introduced towards the end of the life of SunOS 4 to represent > the "complete operating system". That may well be the case. I recall having to install SunOS and then Solaris for 4.x, but that may have been a local oddity. The real confusion is in the usage, not the naming - well, except for Solaris 7 & 8. I don't know where the habit of using "Solaris" to refer to Solaris 2.x/SunOS 5.x and "SunOS" to refer to Solaris 1.x/SunOS 4.x, but's a confusing habit. Other companies that went through the BSD->SysV transition changed the name of the OS: Ultrix turned into OSF (among other things), and MIPS changed the name on theirs as well (though I don't recall both names). > > The *windowing* system that is bundled with SunOS is called Solaris. > I recall it being called openview. Wasn't it SunView, then OpenWindows? With NeWS or SunDEW or some such in the middle? <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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