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Re: 3.0.1 PATCH: install.texi updates for Solaris 2
- To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer at dbai dot tuwien dot ac dot at>
- Subject: Re: 3.0.1 PATCH: install.texi updates for Solaris 2
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 27 Sep 2001 02:34:42 -0300
- Cc: Rainer Orth <ro at TechFak dot Uni-Bielefeld dot DE>, <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0109241548500.87797-100000@naos.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
On Sep 24, 2001, Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:
> I'm not completely happy about that "Solaris 2" thingy, but nor are you,
> and thanks to those [censored] marketing guys, there really isn't a
> completely satisfactory solution, I'm afraid.
It is my understanding that, as of Solaris 1.0/SunOS 4.1.3, SunOS was
the name of the kernel, whereas Solaris was the name of the complete
operating system, GUI and all. Kind of like GNU/Linux.
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