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

[macbiesz at optonline.net]

A couple years ago, Sun released Solaris 8 source for free. The whole system is full of SVisms, and AFAIK, the source remains free.

Maciek

----- Original Message -----
From: Aharon Robbins <arnold at skeeve.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:58 am
Subject: Re: Heritage X (was Re: [TUHS] Lauch Gui using remote xterm!!)

> > 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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