From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id a8f1116c for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 14:46:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 214BEA1B1E; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:46:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E47FA1CC5; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:46:29 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b=TSpkBJdP; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id DC96DA1B1E; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:46:27 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-it0-f43.google.com (mail-it0-f43.google.com [209.85.214.43]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F17BA1F00 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:46:23 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-it0-f43.google.com with SMTP id 139-v6so7563776itf.0 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:46:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=eqBc7kZbjnA+CnYGVLmPI+0pECxdI63zb4jYAp+38mo=; b=TSpkBJdPwxzP0qyw+Kj0gzn1WkWGa6gIsPFb8UTX5fAFv/smq/+ViiITPjhaU2mBXl 7+uKD9lQU1E87VKY0ZRif8WDpcWF/hXnI7bGQV9eB+6gMyCm095jDLMeok7Rs4+zMbWf MAOV/iFgDZDjtVgF0SNJZH9Jh5NK417eCDG7w= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=eqBc7kZbjnA+CnYGVLmPI+0pECxdI63zb4jYAp+38mo=; b=POAo6GHQ1w7Kp49RsNEIEo5kg88Bfgjok/2v89JTrqBAPs1kknTrpvT1mEvZ6ZGGno AQM2p+lhhI7dQ6G0doEyL9lHEanrC+JZO5B5qVqVixWdSAy/shTzEh2rOw8vDLkI6BdC IptsVDRx2lYT3rmkh0TFnub2aLK0dllVio5EBlSW/RJGaxZJKWSzBYai77aO1SV0+vFe 1Fo1rjHe4WQ0lFy4GPpWmt0NxYa10WR6UZJeN6CGPDxDQxzNl1D6Iku60nCVZFRfoNkC cBNcTHcDu5qiRYXnbnT9yHNhM/sc/b/YiLrjDYACaW36+hh87MCO8SyOdp4EHh+kv5It SW2Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51AcpUDvXLSGQsWB5Mvt/ghwXG5jqsw0HnkFHUucs33c6VuK49wK YD9d/gg1IAvhAUEkOUbmC+GLEKG2t2P3T5jPx1xYwQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdaJBtHMkxirN8IlyOsTWX5N7JbwDONg9frqqoG/1suts2Th0l43TPjXa0Lzjy7W/zEgPWn58/yfSEWc8098SW8= X-Received: by 2002:a24:e210:: with SMTP id q16-v6mr5361674ith.142.1535553982733; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:46:22 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20180828003057.GA317@mcvoy.com> <201808280601.w7S61oLM030628@freefriends.org> <20180829004627.GG317@mcvoy.com> <201808290529.w7T5TFKa006049@freefriends.org> <20180829144037.GO317@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 10:45:52 -0400 Message-ID: To: Dan Cross Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000acaf5c05749405dd" Subject: Re: [TUHS] SunOS code? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000acaf5c05749405dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" The problem is finding some at Oracle that would care and finding a proper distribution tape to officially release. On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:42 AM Dan Cross wrote: > I wonder if they would consider doing it now. Oracle, I mean; the Solaris > code was opened up and an argument could be made that SunOS would be useful > for historical examination. > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:41 AM Larry McVoy wrote: > >> Sun never open sourced it. >> >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:29:15PM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote: >> > Changed the subject line. >> > >> > Larry McVoy wrote: >> > >> > > So I'd go with MacOS is not a fun kernel. It's pretty close to BSD >> > > and I recently wandered through that VM system and I was not >> impressed. >> > > I wish like hell that Sun had fed their VM back to BSD. Yeah, it >> wasn't >> > > multi processor friendly but someone would have fixed that. >> > > >> > > The penguin stuff, it's OK. Not as clean as SunOS by a long shot. >> > >> > So, is the SunOS code available in a way that would let people hack >> > on it? They had ported it to 386 (roadrunner?), so maybe it'd be >> > possible to revive it and bring it into the 21st century. >> > >> > Just a thought, >> > >> > Arnold >> >> -- >> --- >> Larry McVoy lm at mcvoy.com >> http://www.mcvoy.com/lm >> > --000000000000acaf5c05749405dd Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The problem is finding some at Oracle that would care a= nd finding a proper distribution tape to officially release.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:42 = AM Dan Cross <crossd@gmail.com&g= t; wrote:
I wonder= if they would consider doing it now. Oracle, I mean; the Solaris code was = opened up and an argument could be made that SunOS would be useful for hist= orical examination.

On= Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:41 AM Larry McVoy <lm@mcvoy.com> wrote:
Sun never open sourced it.

On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 11:29:15PM -0600, arnold@skeeve.com wrote:
> Changed the subject line.
>
> Larry McVoy <lm@m= cvoy.com> wrote:
>
> > So I'd go with MacOS is not a fun kernel.=C2=A0 It's pret= ty close to BSD
> > and I recently wandered through that VM system and I was not impr= essed.
> > I wish like hell that Sun had fed their VM back to BSD.=C2=A0 Yea= h, it wasn't
> > multi processor friendly but someone would have fixed that.
> >
> > The penguin stuff, it's OK.=C2=A0 Not as clean as SunOS by a = long shot.
>
> So, is the SunOS code available in a way that would let people hack > on it? They had ported it to 386 (roadrunner?), so maybe it'd be > possible to revive it and bring it into the 21st century.
>
> Just a thought,
>
> Arnold

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