Talk:Unix wars

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[edit] Sun & SysV

I wouldn't say that Sun worked with AT&T for the altruistic reason of unifying the unices; the general opinion I've heard was that Sun went to SysV to avoid getting sued. See BSD#Net/2 and legal troubles. --moof 08:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

This was in the late 1980s; that was in the early 1990s - David Gerard 11:46, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup Request Added

The following text is difficult to understand:

In 1993, AT&T sold Unix to Novell, who assigned trademark rights to X/Open. That same year, the major participants in UI and OSF formed the Common Open Software Environment (COSE) alliance, effectively marking the end of the most significant era of the Unix wars. In 1996, X/Open and the OSF merged to form the Open Group. COSE work such as the Single UNIX Specification, which is now the standard for branded Unix, are now the responsibility of the Open Group.

It's not clear what happened to OSF after the formation of the COSE alliance. Was it the OSF that merged with X/Open, or was it actually COSE? --59.167.114.116 23:18, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I forgot to note here that I fixed this in the article (I hope). OSF and UI merged, assimilating the COSE initiative's work, and it was this "new OSF" that merged with X/Open. --NapoliRoma 14:14, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Graphic inaccurate?

SunOS was based on BSD, but didn't Solaris 2 move to a SysV base? Therefore, shouldn't a dotted line be drawn to a separate tree on the SysV side? Or am I talking nonsense... It is 4:30am here. Alex 09:26, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Solaris 2 was based on SVR4, which was a merge of SunOS and SysVR3. Getting it all in there would make the drawing too complicated.--Per Abrahamsen 04:35, 30 November 2006 (UTC)