[HECnet] PyDECnet setup

[Johnny Billquist]

Guys... Maybe time to round this branch off?

   Johnny

On 2021-11-19 01:17, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> 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
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> 
> 
>     --
>     Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
>     New Kensington, PA
> 
> 

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