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Xref: sserve comp.unix.solaris:514 comp.unix.bsd:7881 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!princeton!silence!jay From: jay@silence.princeton.nj.us (Jay Plett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T) Message-ID: <1083@silence.princeton.nj.us> Date: 17 Nov 92 06:44:56 GMT References: <1992Nov13.232053.7061@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> <1992Nov16.231818.21141@nobeltech.se> Followup-To: comp.unix.solaris Distribution: inet Organization: Access, Inc. Lines: 15 In article <1992Nov16.231818.21141@nobeltech.se>, ppan@nobeltech.se (Per Andersson) writes: > At the SparcClassic introduction SUN USA mentioned that Solaris 1.x has > about 5.000 available software packages. Not a word on Solaris 2.x. > (And the Classic and 2000 series won't run 1.x) >From Sun's Solaris 2.1 announcement: |Q. What third party applications will be available on Solaris 2.1? | |A. Independent software vendors (ISVs) will announce the availability | of approximately 100 applications at the Solaris 2.1 introduction. | An additional 250 are expected to ship on Solaris 2.1 by the end | of the first quarter of CY93. These applications are listed in the | Catalyst catalog "A Guide to More Than 350 Software Applications, | Summer `92" (literature distribution part no. 801-2879-01).