[Info-vax] Real live example...
Scott Dorsey
kludge at panix.com
Wed Feb 22 11:21:41 EST 2023
Steven Schweda <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote:
>> While you're at it, feel free to call someone at Oracle and ask them
>> to open-source SunOS 4.1.4. If you can actually get someone to
>> understand that SunOS is different than Solaris you'll have got
>> farther than anyone else ever has.
>
> Perhaps that's because SunOS 4.1.4 was rebranded "Solaris 1.1.2". As
>the "Solaris 1.1.2 System Software Installation Instructions" which came
>with the CD-ROM said:
>
>> Welcome to Solaris 1.1.2. This release is fully binary compatible
>> with SunOS 4.1 and subsequent SunOS 4.1.x releases.
Yes, it was a deliberate attempt to obscure what was going on, since so many
people were pissed off about Solaris 2.
--scott
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