Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 03:23, Martin Baehr wrote: > > because SunOS already existed as a complete OS distribution > > before solaris. > Correct (things are about to get more confusing :) ) > > SunOS has been renamed to solaris. > Correct (wait for it) > > and the original name is still used internally. > [Correction: s/is still/was/] > > And then, as of last year, Sun resurrected the SunOS name so they could > compete in a version-number war with IBM and HP. In the process they > redefined what Solaris and SunOS meant (Solaris == Distro', SunOS == > kernel).
Well Actually ..... If you want a Sun OS history lesson.... SunOS was the kernel and distribution up until 4.1.3 (I think) and was based on a 4.BSD distribution. Solaris was using a different kernel and distribution based on System 5 (can't remember what release -- SysVR4 I think) The Solaris naming started using a kernel numbered SunOS 5 The Solaris numbering was a collection of stuff. So Solaris 2.1 had a SunOS5.x distribution with an Openwindows 1.x (based on an X11R4 ) and (I think) a version of the desktop windowing system. When Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7 came out, they were sets of three versions of kernel, openwindows and (I think) desktop system. Marketing didn't like the numbers going up so slowly in and after 2.7 was released they started calling it Solaris 7 and the new versions was called Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 All from memory -- which may or may not be faulty... Pete -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- - I N V E S T I N A L L U N I V E R S I T Y S T A F F - ------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Glassenbury Computer Science dept. [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Canterbury +64 3 3642987 ext 7762 New Zealand
