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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: need secure OS to entrust millions to
Date: 1 Mar 1996 21:54:31 GMT
Organization: Utah Valley State College, Orem, Utah
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Mike O'Connor <mjo@dojo.mi.org> wrote:
] :> Can you name one commercial OS that provides source code?
] :
] :What are you willing to pay?
] :
] :o BSDI
] :o SVR4
] :o VMS
] :o OSF/1
] :o SunOS
]
] Heh... you know, with most of these, it's not like the source they give
] you could actually be used to build an OS, just pieces.
I have built a system from SVR4 sources, as distributed.
I have built a system from VMS sources, as distributed.
I have built a system from SunOS 4.x sources, as distributed.
I haven't built a BSDI system from sources, but that's just
from lack of a source license.
I know someone who has built OSF/1 from sources (Jeffrey Hsu,
I believe, but I'd have to check my archives to be sure).
Terry Lambert
terry@cs.weber.edu
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