Linux-kernel mailing list archive 2000-02,: Re: [ANNOUNCE] block device interfaces changes

# Re: [ANNOUNCE] block device interfaces changes

David Weinehall (tao@acc.umu.se)
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:11:59 +0100 (MET)

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On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Horst von Brand wrote:

> "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com> said:
>
> [...]
>
> > Incidentally, the cost is the same. A CDROM for Solaris is
> > essentially the same cost as a CDROM for Linux. Once you start
> > distributing an operating system and supporting the distributors,
> > a "free" operating system is no longer free.
>
> You must pay per-installation fees for SunOS. And SunOS is long dead,
> unless you are talking about Solaris.

This is slightly off-topic, but I suggest you log on to a Solaris-machine
sometime and use uname -a. Not a word about Solaris... The operating
system is still SunOS, the distribution is Solaris. The fact that there
(to my knowledge) exists no other distribution does not matter here.

/David Weinehall
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