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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.misc:2898 comp.os.linux.misc:20551 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc,comp.os.linux.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!mrg From: mrg@mame.mu.OZ.AU (matthew green) Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledge (was BSD vs. LINUX) Message-ID: <mrg.775538851@dynamo> Sender: news@cs.mu.OZ.AU Organization: Computer Science, University of Melbourne, Australia X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #4 References: <30jqp1$ees@grex.cyberspace.org> <1994Jul21.182603.15882@belvedere.sbay.org> <2NsBkiCqLiLU068yn@cs.odu.edu> <30pn0a$9rf@hermes.unt.edu> <CtEuyA.En1@world.std.com> <1994Jul24.185248.5906@escape.widomaker.com> <313tkg$nhd@Mercury.mcs.com> <CtLEK1.Ir8@news.cern.ch> Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 03:27:31 GMT Lines: 13 danpop@cernapo.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes: >Wake up. Solaris is only a nickname for SunOS 5.x, which is the official >name of the OS: > >sunsoref:~ 1> uname -a >SunOS sunsoref 5.3 Generic sun4m sparc if you're going to be pedantic, at least be right. sunos is a *part* of solaris (note the missing version numbers there). .mrg.