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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.bhp.com.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.cis.okstate.edu!news.ksu.ksu.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!btnet!zetnet.co.uk!demon!etude.demon.co.uk!news From: dar@etude.demon.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Is BSD dead? Date: 25 Jan 1996 20:12:22 GMT Organization: Any opinions expressed here are .. No dammit, they are all accurate and true :) Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <4e8o76$iv@etude.demon.co.uk> References: <4cmopu$d35@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <30F8483A.7187@commerce.uq.edu.au> <DL7yHA.K98@metrics.com> <bryDL90q4.AB2@netcom.com> <DLEKtp.CIG@metrics.com> <bryDLG5As.KIq@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost X-NNTP-Posting-Host: etude.demon.co.uk Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:2069 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2225 comp.unix.solaris:57945 No, BSD is NOT dead - at least not while I can do the following on Solaris 2.x: 39% dar@etude /usr/ucb/ps wwale | head -3 | fold F UID PID PPID CP PRI NI SZ RSS WCHAN S TT TIME COMMAND 8 1001 250 1 80 53 20 908 0 ttcoinfo S console 0:02 -csh HOME=/us r/people/dar PATH=/usr/bin: LOGNAME=dar HZ=100 TERM=sun TZ=GMT SHELL=/bin/csh MA IL=/var/mail/dar 8 1001 302 250 41 43 20 712 104 .L600 S console 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/ openwin/bin/openwin HOME=/usr/people/dar PATH=/usr/bin::/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/sb in:/usr/ucb:/usr/ccs/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/share/bin:/opt/SUNWss/bin:/op t/SUNWcour/bin:/usr/local/hotjava/bin LOGNAME=dar HZ=100 TERM=sun TZ=GMT SHELL=/ bin/csh MAIL=/var/mail/dar PWD=/usr/people/dar USER=dar OPENWINHOME=/usr/openwin SUNCOURIERHOME=/opt/SUNWcour NNTPSERVER=localhost MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/s hare/man:/usr/openwin/share/man:/usr/dt/man:/usr/demo/SOUND/man:/opt/SUNWrtvc/ma n:/opt/SUNWits/Graphics-sw/xil/man DOTDIR=/usr/people/dar/.xvnews FSP_HOST=utels cin.el.utwente.nl FSP_PORT=21 FSP_DIR=/incoming/vcrypt/season/pc 40% dar@etude So long live BSD features, and long live System V, which has widened Unix appeal (What is 'FSP' I hear you ask? - Ah, that is a trail which would be off-topic here:) Well, if you didn't want to discuss Solaris, why post to "comp.unix.solaris"? (HHOS)