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From: jay@silence.princeton.nj.us (Jay Plett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Solaris 1.1 vs. Solaris 2.0 (BSD vs AT&T)
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Date: 17 Nov 92 06:44:56 GMT
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In article <1992Nov16.231818.21141@nobeltech.se>, ppan@nobeltech.se (Per Andersson) writes:
> At the SparcClassic introduction SUN USA mentioned that Solaris 1.x has
> about 5.000 available software packages. Not a word on Solaris 2.x.
> (And the Classic and 2000 series won't run 1.x)

>From Sun's Solaris 2.1 announcement:

|Q.	What third party applications will be available on Solaris 2.1?
|
|A.	Independent software vendors (ISVs) will announce the availability
|	of approximately 100 applications at the Solaris 2.1 introduction.
|	An additional 250 are expected to ship on Solaris 2.1 by the end
|	of the first quarter of CY93.  These applications are listed in the
|	Catalyst catalog "A Guide to More Than 350 Software Applications,
|	Summer `92" (literature distribution part no. 801-2879-01).