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SunOS

Version of the Unix operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems

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Also known as Sun OS

Developer: Sun Microsystems
Founded: 1982
Latest version: 4.1.4
Written in: C
License: proprietary license

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SunOS is a Unix-branded operating system developed by Sun Microsystems for their workstation and server computer systems from 1982 until the mid-1990s. The SunOS name is usually only used to refer to versions 1.0 to 4.1.4, which were based on BSD, while versions 5.0 and later are based on UNIX System V Release 4 and are marketed under the brand name Solaris.

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Platforms: SPARC
GUI toolkit or framework: SunView
Based on: Unix
Copyright status: copyrighted

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