[Linux-aus] SCO suspends it's Linux distribution

[Chris Samuel]

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On Thursday 15 May 2003 11:23 pm, Jon maddog Hall wrote:

> >Hang about, isn't Solaris BSD-derived? (-:
>
> No, SunOS was BSD derived.  As part of USL, Scott McNeily agreed to switch
> to a System V base for Sun (and call it Solaris).  Actually, when Sun got
> the System V code, it was my understanding that they ripped it apart, and
> worked very hard to make it a decent operating system, replacing a good
> deal of the kernel code, and basically just keeping the system call
> interfaces.

My understanding was one of the major reasons that Sun went System V for 
Solaris was for the SMP scalability. Apparently SunOS's MP didn't quite cut 
it.

> The port of Sun's customers from SunOS to Solaris (often called Slowaris in
> the early days) was one of the low points of Sun's history.

Yeah, I remember getting 4.1.3_u1 and then being extremely happy to receive 
4.1.4 and hoping that Sun would get the message and a 4.1.5 would appear. Oh 
well, at least now there's a variety of Linux and *BSD's for their hardware. 
:-)

Chris
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