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solaris
     
         sun microsystems, inc.'s version of the
        unix operating system.  as well as the core operating
        system, solaris inludes networking software, the java virtual
        machine, the cde/desktop that includes an x11-based
        windowing environment and graphical user interface.
     
        sun claim that solaris is not just an operating system but an
        "operating environment".
     
        solaris 1.x was a retroactive marketing? name for sunos
        4.1.x where x>=1.
     
        solaris 2.x which is the first version most people call
        "solaris" includes sunos5.x, which is an svr4-derived unix,
        openwindows 3.x, and tooltalk.
     
        version 2.7 "solaris 7" was around in 1999-03-02.  version
        2.8 was released in june 2000.  current version: 9, as of
        2002-07-15.
     
        home http://www.sun.com/solaris/.
     
        2002-07-15
     
     
see also:
sun microsystems, inc. unix operating system java virtual machine cde x11 
windowing environment graphical user interface sunos openwindows tooltalk 
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