Subj : Hello?
To   : Vid Strpic
From : Lawrence Garvin
Date : Sat Oct 21 2000 07:12 am

Vid Strpic said in a message to William McBrine:

-=> William McBrine said unto Lawrence Garvin <=-

 WM> the 1.x), it was _also_ SunOS 5.x. That is, if you did a "uname -a" on
 WM> a Solaris 2.6 system, it reported itself as SunOS 5.6. I think the
 WM> technical distinction was that "SunOS" was the kernel, while "Solaris"
 WM> was the whole operating environment, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I

 VS>  You are right, SunOS is (or was) the kernel, Solaris the whole OS.

Well, actually, SunOS is the entire OS.. Solaris was the tradename that 
(originally) referred to the GUI.

With the introduction of SunOS 5.x/Solaris 2.x -- the two were unbundled for 
distribution and you could 'disable' the GUI after installation.

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