SunOS/Solaris naming (was: Re: Solaris 2.4)

From: r. 'bear' stricklin <red_at_bears.org>
Date: Fri Dec 6 17:15:01 2002

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Carlos Murillo wrote:

> ... but the name "Solaris" is an after-the-fact invention
> for many of these releases; I don't see any mention of Solaris
> in my 4.1.1 Rev. B CDs or docs.

Not at all. I have CDs published by Sun designated "Solaris 1.0.1 (a
release of SunOS 4.1.2 and OpenWindows 2.0)", from that time.

http://www.bears.org/~red/typewritten/Software/index.html#Sun

Really, the confusion stems from Sun continuing to differentiate the
"Solaris" product from "SunOS" until the SunOS 5 days.

> It does, thanks. So, could anyone make ISO copies of the
> SUNBIN releases of the two versions above and put them
> on the web?

I think Sun would take a dim view of that. Contact me off list and I'll
see if there might not be another way I could help.

ok
r.
Received on Fri Dec 06 2002 - 17:15:01 GMT

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