RE: Oracle 8i solaris 5.7

Dave,
Thanks a lot.
I have been waiting for this info for a long time. Even I have posted a question on this list and no one responded to it.

Surendra

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Miller [SMTP:djm_at_oregon.West.Sun.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 4:31 PM
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> Subject: RE: Oracle 8i solaris 5.7
>
> Julie,
>
> That's correct. You can see some more taxonomy of the names in the
> Solaris FAQ
> at:
> http://www.science.uva.nl/pub/solaris/solaris2/Q1.1.html
> and the follow-on question 1.5.
>
> Dave Miller
> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>
> >Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:06:21 -0800
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> >From: "Fisher, Julie" <jfishe_at_sandia.gov>
> >Subject: RE: Oracle 8i solaris 5.7
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> >I believe it's SunOS 5.7 and Solaris 7. A Sun instructor told me they
> are
> >two different pieces of software. SunOS is the core operating system and
> >Solaris is SunOS plus additional software. Someone correct me if I'm
> >mistaken.
> >
> >
> >Julie Fisher
> >Sandia National Laboratories
> >Oracle 8i DBA - OCP8
> >Solaris 2.6,7/HP-UX 11.0 System Administrator
> >Web Server Administrator
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: January 11, 2001 11:35 PM
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> >
> >
> >gurus I mean solaris 5.7 only .
> >Earlier it was 2.6 that was called Solaris 6 .
> >solaris 5.7 is also known as Solaris 7
> >
> >
> >Sachin Puri
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 4:06 AM
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> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> Patrice J
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 11:29 AM
> >>
> >> Solaris 5.7?
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Richard Ji [ mailto:richard_at_letsplay.com
> ><mailto:richard_at_letsplay.com> ]
> >> Sent: jeudi, 11. janvier 2001 12:56
> >>
> >> I think he means 2.7
> >
> >
> >Now I'm confused. I've never worked with SunOS before until last week. At
> >the Sun home page
> >http://www.sun.com <http://www.sun.com>
> >I see mention of Sun Solaris version 8.
> >
> >My server at work shows the following:
> >% uname -a
> >SunOS server_name 5.7 Generic_106541-08 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
> >
> >a) Is there a difference between SunOS and Sun Solaris?
> >b) How come I don't see SunOS mentioned at the Sun Operating Environments
> >and Platforms web page?
> >http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/software/oe-platforms/index.html
> ><http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/software/oe-platforms/index.html
> >
> >Or is it there and I need to clean my glasses?
> >
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