Heritage X (was Re: [TUHS] Lauch Gui using remote xterm!!)

Aharon Robbins arnold at skeeve.com
Wed Nov 12 02:58:36 AEST 2003


> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 21:13:16 +1300
> From: Wesley Parish <wes.parish at paradise.net.nz>
> Subject: Re: Heritage X (was Re: [TUHS] Lauch Gui using remote xterm!!)
> To: tuhs at minnie.tuhs.org
>
> I've personally thought that Sun should release the source trees of its old 
> BSD-based SunOS with the idea of getting back onside with all the Linux and 
> Unix people it pissed off by its "buying" a "Unix" license from SCO, the 
> Societe Commercial du On-Dit, the Commercial Society of Rumourmongers.

Don't hold your breath. Even SunOS 4.1.x had large chunks of System V Release 3
code in it: all the STREAMS stuff and RFS worked in that environment (not that
anyone ever used it).  Also all of /usr/5bin, /usr/5lib etc.

Arnold


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