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Re: sparc linux/solaris binary compatibility



Hello there, Adam.

Tuesday, January 04, 2000, 3:44:20 PM, you wrote:

>> By the way: Sun noticed that the confusion that arose from step #1 was
>> not enough, and that some managers in the install base world still
>> thought they knew what was going on. Appropriately, all versions of
>> Solaris 2 are also (tada!) SunOS 5 (That is, Solaris 2.4 == SunOS
>> 5.4).

AM> Sorry, but that's incorrect.  

AM> Sun's operating system was ALWAYS named SunOS.

AM> When Sun changed their kernel to an SVR4-derived one, they bumped the
AM> major version of SunOS to 5.  Justifiably, I think.

You're right, of course; it was not my intent to give an accurate
account of what went on in Sun's marketing department - I wansn't
there - but to portray the *feelings* of some of Sun's users as a
result of these decisions. With tongue ever in cheek. I hope you
didn't really take what I wrote too seriously.

(Can one take seriously a writer that uses GoldED-style quotes
in his replies?)

AM> The ``Solaris'' name refers to to SunOS 5.x, OpenWindows 3.x, ToolTalk, and 
AM> some other stuff sold together.  Solaris 1 IS a retroactive name for 
AM> SunOS 4.1.x along with OpenWindows 3.0.

I stand and remain,
  corrected, corrupted, confused, incoherent,
  incorroborated, inconsistent, and above
  all confabulatorily yours,

  Gaal

-- 
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