Solaris

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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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)