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From: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
Subject: Re: Usefulness of BSD/Linux Source Knowledge (was BSD vs. LINUX)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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References: <30jqp1$ees@grex.cyberspace.org> <CtEuyA.En1@world.std.com> <1994Jul24.185248.5906@escape.widomaker.com> <9407282112.17@rmkhome.com> <31a440$6v2@sparc10.entropic.com>
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Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.com (Rick Kelly)
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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 1994 20:48:53 GMT
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Ken Hornstein (kenh@wrl.epi.com) wrote:
: In article <9407282112.17@rmkhome.com>, Rick Kelly <rmk@rmkhome.com> wrote:
: >Sun is still making enhancements to SunOS 4.1.3.  That's BSD.
: >
: >SunOS 4.1.3 (Solaris 1.1.1_U1 Release B) runs on ALL Sun hardware.

: It's my understanding that SunOS 4.1.3 doesn't run on the SparcCenter 2000
: (I am thinking that's not exact name, but close enough for this newsgroup),
: but it's available for all other Sun hardware.  Please correct me if I'm
: wrong.

We had one that was a loaner from Sun that went to a trade show.  I thought
the guy who set it up said it was running Solaris 1.1.1.

This would only make sense since our Sun GUI product only runs on 4.1.3
with X11R5 and Motif.  Our Solaris 2.x product is still character based.


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Rick Kelly  rmk@rmkhome.com  rmk@bedford.progress.com