[HECnet] PyDECnet setup

Brian Hechinger wonko at 4amlunch.net
Thu Nov 18 16:17:11 PST 2021


Shit dude, how long have you known me? I'm as pedantic as they come. :)
On Nov 19, 2021, 00:01 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
>
> Yup. :) And since when are you a pedant?? I've always been pedantic enough for both of us. Perhaps I just know in my heart that Sun made a mistake with the naming. ;)
>
> On November 18, 2021 7:00:22 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
> > Nope!
> > On Nov 18, 2021, 23:58 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
> > >
> > > Eventually it does. :)
> > >
> > > On November 18, 2021 6:57:34 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
> > > > Still doesn't make it right. 😜
> > > >
> > > > -brian
> > > > On Nov 18, 2021, 23:44 +0000, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>, wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > It's the standard. =)
> > > > >
> > > > > -Dave
> > > > >
> > > > > On November 18, 2021 5:39:55 PM Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net> wrote:
> > > > > > Common, accepted and STILL WRONG.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -brian
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 18/11/21 17:56, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Not quite. Solaris 1.1.2 is SunOS 4.1.4. That was an
> > > > > > > after-the-fact rebranding, but still. What you state below is the
> > > > > > > common and accepted usage.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Dave
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 11/18/21 12:53 PM, August Treubig wrote:
> > > > > > > > SunOS is BSD,
> > > > > > > > Solaris is System V.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Aug Treubig
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Nov 18, 2021, at 11:35 AM, Brian Hechinger <wonko at 4amlunch.net>
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > ?On 18/11/21 17:20, Dave McGuire wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On 11/18/21 12:12 PM, Thomas DeBellis wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > They do it _today_.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Well, since the last release of SunOS (not Solaris) was in 1994,
> > > > > > > > > > and the last release of Ultrix was in 1995..
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > It's still SunOS. Solaris is a different thing. Thanks marketing twats!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > I think you can get burnt whether it's a bunch of academics
> > > > > > > > > > > eternally discussing purity in committees or a couple of kids just
> > > > > > > > > > > picking something.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Very true. The only way to truly protect yourself is to have
> > > > > > > > > > the source code and revert any poor decisions that they make. Oh,
> > > > > > > > > > wait, we can do that!
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > So I've fallen into watching old Bryan Cantrill interviews. His
> > > > > > > > > rants on this are FANTASTIC.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > -brian
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > > > > New Kensington, PA
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> > > New Kensington, PA
>
>
> --
> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
> New Kensington, PA
>
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