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Contents 1 Early versions not called "SunOS" ? 2 Release table 3 Remove OSdata link? 4 Is this really all the versions?

[edit] Early versions not called "SunOS" ?

I have a very clear memory of tossing out a 9-track tape labelled "Sun UNIX 1.2" (and I really wish I'd kept it, oh well) back in the day -- I've also seen a reference to this release name elsewhere (and if you can't trust the Usenet Oracle, who can you trust?). Were all 1.x releases "Sun UNIX" or...? --NapoliRoma 00:14, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

According to this timeline, the system was originally named SunOS. — Anrie Nord 2006-08-18 02:18Z

Also according to the book sample chapter PDF listed under "External links" in the article, the SunOS name was introduced with SunOS 1.0. However, until the release of SunOS 4.0, the OS was alternatively identified in places as "Sun UNIX 4.2BSD Release x.y" (see this USENET posting by a former Sun engineer). Letdorf 10:55, 18 August 2006 (UTC).

Excellent; thanks! --NapoliRoma 22:00, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Release table

If we're going to have a table of all SunOS releases, it should be complete, ie. include 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.1.1, 4.1.1.1 etc. Letdorf 15:01, 21 November 2006 (UTC).

Did it myself! However, I'm not entirely sure if we're still missing any pre-4.0 releases Letdorf 13:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC).

Well, I knew there was at least a SunOS 1.2 (see above section)... . Google also turned up many references to SunOS 1.1, so I added 1.1 and 1.2, citing what seems to be an acceptable source. Even though the cited page has some inaccuracies, the early SunOS dates seemed to be backed up by other web and Usenet posts. I went with their date for SunOS 3.2 to replace the Feb 1987 date previously listed, as there were Usenet posts about 3.2 more in line with a Sept. 1986 release date.--NapoliRoma 14:20, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remove OSdata link?

I was just looking at the OSdata page, and it's not really very good at all. Anyone object to me removing it? (I'd be bold, but as mentioned earlier, the coffee hasn't kicked in yet...)--NapoliRoma 15:00, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is this really all the versions?

This site lists more versions than are listed here. http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/solaris/versions/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.0.193.134 (talk) 17:19, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

The only one I see that isn't in the article is "4.0.3 PSR_A" -- platform-specific releases aren't all that notable, since as the name implies the only difference between a PSR and its parent release is support for certain hardware platforms, and its reason for existence goes away as soon as the next non-PSR release comes out.

The 5.x releases aren't mentioned since they are addressed in the Solaris (operating system) article; maybe the table here should have an entry pointing that out. (Someone did recently add a similar line on the Solaris table for 4.1.x, pointing back to here.)--NapoliRoma (talk) 18:26, 25 January 2008 (UTC)