19 Nov
2021
19 Nov
'21
1:17 a.m.
Shit dude, how long have you known me? I'm as pedantic as they come. :)
On Nov 19, 2021, 00:01 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
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
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > > New Kensington, PA
>
>
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> New Kensington, PA
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