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To: ahhaha who wrote (412)12/8/1997 10:09:00 PM
From: Judd  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1600
 
ahhaha,

Right from the Sun's mouth:
sun.com
>> SUN MICROSYSTEMS OFFERS
>> VIRTUALLY FREE SOLARIS SOURCE
>> CODE TO EDUCATION COMMUNITY

Not exactly free, but "virtually free".
I am sure it wouldn't be too hard to get the source with some time invested. I'll try searching some time. I searched for a few minutes and found an amazing amount of discussion on Linux threads about Solaris source code. Does this mean that Linux will get more Solaris like?

Judd



To: ahhaha who wrote (412)12/9/1997 1:35:00 AM
From: Columbo  Respond to of 1600
 
You said that "anyone can get the source for Unix at no charge"

Here is a start:
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/

altavista.digital.com

MH #0



To: ahhaha who wrote (412)12/27/1997 10:27:00 PM
From: paul  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1600
 
Sun's version of Unix is their own. They have made extensions to it and it is NOT in the public domain. Sun's Unix is based on BSD Unix (like most) from the University of Berkeley in California. That code is in the public domain as well as others such as Linux. THere are differences but not major.


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