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- From: rcd@raven.eklektix.com (Dick Dunn)
- Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.075931@eklektix.com>
- Organization: eklektix - Boulder, Colorado
- References: <kzin.721442926@cc.gatech.edu> <BxLz6x.EL7@cs.uiuc.edu> <1992Nov13.232053.7061@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 07:59:31 GMT
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- rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu (Richard Warner) writes:
- >There are a lot of reasons to unify the UNIX world under one roof. You
- >may prefer BSD over SysV, but let's face facts -> BSD is dead...
-
- What are you smoking, and where can I get some (legally)???
-
- The only reason SysV is alive is because of SVR4, and the only reason any-
- one wants SVR4 is because of the BSDisms.
-
- Mostly, folks using SunOS aren't interested in SVR4/Solaris2, because it's
- a bag on the side of what they've got.
-
- Mostly, folks using SVR3 *are* interested in SVR4 because it's something
- useful on the side of the bag they've got.
-
- USL has been trying to figure out how to incorporate BSD features to move
- their OS forward to where Berkeley was a decade ago.
-
- >...BSD is
- >the property of UC California, Berkeley, and they are closing it down.
-
- (Insert obvious "he doesn't know what he's talking about" reply re
- "property".)
-
- >...So, without someone to carry that torch, BSD will slowly die.
-
- On the face of it, it's true--**IF** nobody picks up the torch from CSRG,
- BSD will die. But that's an "if pigs had wings" argument...the issue is
- not whether there is someone to pick up the torch, but which of the several
- possibilities will be the one to carry it.
-
- >USL is still the 'master of the source' for Sys V...
-
- Yes, the gorilla is guarding the ancient jewelry.
-
- If you could back up far enough in the source code, USL could give you one
- of the better operating systems of the late '70's. Try to imagine why
- people don't care.
- --
- Dick Dunn rcd@raven.eklektix.com -or- raven!rcd Boulder, Colorado
- ...Simpler is better.
-