Yup. :) And since when are you a pedant?? I've always been pedantic enough for both
of us. Perhaps I just know in my heart that Sun made a mistake with the naming. ;)
On November 18, 2021 7:00:22 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
Nope!
On Nov 18, 2021, 23:58 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
>
> Eventually it does. :)
>
> On November 18, 2021 6:57:34 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
>> Still doesn't make it right. ?
>>
>> -brian
>> On Nov 18, 2021, 23:44 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>,
wrote:
>>>
>>> It's the standard. =)
>>>
>>> -Dave
>>>
>>> On November 18, 2021 5:39:55 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net>
wrote:
>>>> Common, accepted and STILL WRONG.
>>>>
>>>> -brian
>>>>
>>>> On 18/11/21 17:56, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Not quite. Solaris 1.1.2 is SunOS 4.1.4. That was an
>>>>> after-the-fact rebranding, but still. What you state below is the
>>>>> common and accepted usage.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Dave
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/18/21 12:53 PM, August Treubig wrote:
>>>>>> SunOS is BSD,
>>>>>> Solaris is System V.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Aug Treubig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > On Nov 18, 2021, at 11:35 AM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at
4amlunch.net>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > ?On 18/11/21 17:20, Dave McGuire wrote:
>>>>>> > > > On 11/18/21 12:12 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
>>>>>> > > > They do it _today_.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Well, since the last release of SunOS (not Solaris) was
in 1994,
>>>>>> > > and the last release of Ultrix was in 1995..
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > It's still SunOS. Solaris is a different thing. Thanks
marketing twats!
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > > I think you can get burnt whether it's a bunch
of academics
>>>>>> > > > eternally discussing purity in committees or a
couple of kids just
>>>>>> > > > picking something.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Very true. The only way to truly protect yourself is to
have
>>>>>> > > the source code and revert any poor decisions that they
make. Oh,
>>>>>> > > wait, we can do that!
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > So I've fallen into watching old Bryan Cantrill
interviews. His
>>>>>> > rants on this are FANTASTIC.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > -brian
>>>
>>>
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