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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!eru.mt.luth.se!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.mathworks.com!nntp.primenet.com!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx!tporczyk From: tporczyk@best.com (Tony Porczyk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris Subject: Re: Solaris vs SunOs Date: 21 Aug 1996 08:11:32 -0700 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 24 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <tporczyk.840639898@shellx> References: <4vabsr$4mt@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu> <321A5DF4.FF6D5DF@FreeBSD.org> <4vf6dq$sgj@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:25829 comp.unix.solaris:79571 bryan@panix.com (Bryan Althaus) writes: >Jordan K. Hubbard (jkh@FreeBSD.org) wrote: >: James L Fox wrote: >: > would someone please convince me that Solaris will provide me >: > with much more than the JOY of converting all of my incompatable >: > shell scripts. (Like all the ones that use 'ps'.) >: >: Having worked with both environments, I can only say that anyone trying >: to convince you of this will only be trying to make you feel better. :-) >ATTENTION: UCB BSD is DEAD... SunOS 4.x is DEAD... move on to Solaris >2.x it's Sun's future, and SVR4 is SCO's and HP's future also. ATTENTION: SCO is DEAD, Solaris is the only major SVR4 on the market, HP and AIX is havily laden with BSD-isms, and even Solaris includes ucb directory. By the way, you forgot SGI. t. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Porczyk * tporczyk@infobound.com * San Jose, California GIT/ED d++$(!d) s++:++ a? C++++ USLB++++$ P+ E--- W(--) N++ !k w-- M- V? b- PS+++@ PE++ O X-- Y++@ PGP-- t+@ 5++ R* D---- e* V-- h* y** r+++(*)+++(*)>? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------