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On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, David Kramer wrote: > My understanding is that > 2.6 = 2.6 > 5.7 = Solaris 7, but some people call it 2.7 > 5.8 = Solaris 8, but some people call it 2.8 > But I have seen references to a 4.x series too. Can someone point me > towards a Rosetta Stone or babelfish? Also, what version of the C++ > compiler comes with each of these? I think we are currently using visual > C++ 4.2. Sun's marketing folks like to screw around with the version numbers. The original name was "SunOS", and back in the '80's it was based on BSD. I think it diverged after 4.3BSD. Around the mid-80's, Sun decided to switch from a pure BSD system to a hybrid based mainly on AT&T's SYSV, and this is when they came up with the "Solaris" name. SunOS 4.x was renamed Solaris 1, and the new SunOS 5.* was named Solaris 2. After 2.6 (5.6), Sun decided to drop the "2." prefix from the marketing name. SunOS 4.* -> old style SunOS 5.[0-6] -> Solaris 2.[0-6] SunOS 5.7 -> Solaris 7 SunOS 5.8 -> Solaris 8 -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix ICQ#28611923 / AIM abreauj / Email jabr at blu.org - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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