X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cd8952c95de819e1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-08-24 01:58:05 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!colt.net!news-x2.support.nl!feed.news.nacamar.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!free178-x77.dialo.tiscali.DE!not-for-mail From: Philip Newton Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: FAQ? Followup-To: poster Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 11:02:07 +0200 Organization: very little Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <6cd99.123553$983.159634@rwcrnsc53> <3d6625a8_3@news.iglou.com> <4b6a982c33Jeremy@omba.demon.co.uk> <1030128068.23022.0.nnrp-01.c1edac75@news.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: "Philip 'Yes, that's my address' Newton" NNTP-Posting-Host: free178-x77.dialo.tiscali.de (62.246.178.77) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1030179483 50769940 62.246.178.77 (16 [11583]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:19124 On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:41:08 +0100, "Tom Bampton" wrote: > SunOS & Solaris (which are the same thing anyway) No, they're not. BSD vs SysV heritage, IIRC. You're right in that Solaris took over after SunOS, but they're not the same from a programmer's standpoint, for example. F'up2p due to OT. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.