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- Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T)
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- From: bcs@terra.cs.waikato.ac.nz (Brent Summers)
- Date: 20 Nov 1992 09:53:42 +1300
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- In article <1992Nov17.160727.9137@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu> rick@sjsumcs.sjsu.edu
- (Richard Warner) writes:
- |DEC is pushing OSF/1, which is has SysV roots, IBM pushes AIX which is
- |a SysV derivative. They may not call them SysV - but they are much
- |more SysV than BSD!
-
- This highlights the great lie: *if* you define "your operating system" in
- terms of kernel design and layout (although the contents of the programmers
- libraries and their exact semantics are much more important IMHO) then
- neither SVR4 nor any other so-called UNIX is going to be the `standard', or
- a significant `unifying force', or `the real UNIX' or any of the other neat
- phrases flying around at the moment.
-
- There will be: SVR4 in all it's flavours; OSF/1; AIX (if it isn't subsumed
- into OSF/1); BSD (which may or may not die commercially, but will exist for
- years to come anyway on the desks of the world); CMU Mach; maybe eventually
- something decended from Plan9; one day GNU; Tanenbaum's Amoeba for
- enthusiasts; Linux; MINIX; xyzzyIX...
-
- Get the idea? `UNIX' is dead, SVR4 is an unsuccessful attempt to (to quote
- someone else's sig) "...bring them all, and in the darkness bind them" - no
- slur on AT&T/USL/Suns motives intended, of course.
-
- Some people prefer BSD, some SysV, many don't know the difference and don't
- care. Perhaps we should all get on with working out how software
- portability can be achieved across these platforms? That is the point
- really, isn't it? Not "what do I type to create a new user account?"
-
- --
- +-Brent Summers, U of Waikato, NZ------------------------------------------+
- | Programming: Navigating through an infinity of programs in search of |
- | one of a much smaller infinity of reasonable solutions. Blindfolded. |
- +--------------------------------------------------------bcs@waikato.ac.nz-+
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