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operating system>
Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s version of the
Unix operating system. As well as the core operating
system,
Solaris inludes networking software, the {Java Virtual
Machine}, the
CDE/Desktop that includes an
X11-based
windowing environment and
graphical user interface.
Sun claim that
Solaris is not just an operating system but an
"operating environment".
Solaris 1.x was a retroactive (marketing?) name for
SunOS
4.1.x (where x >= 1).
Solaris 2.x (which is the first version most people call
"
Solaris") includes SunOS5.x, which is an SVR4-derived Unix,
OpenWindows 3.x, and
tooltalk.
Version 2.7 ("
Solaris 7") was around in 1999-03-02. Version
2.8 was released in June 2000. Latest version: 9, as of
2002-07-15.
solaris/">http://sun.com/solaris/.
(2002-07-15)