veeeeery newbie sunos question

[Glaurung]

I wanted to mess a bit with SunOS, since that's what my school uses. But everytime time I'm searching specific information about it, I get references to Solaris. (eg on docs.sun.com, and in some unix book i read) So what is the difference/simularity between Solaris and SunOS?

And if they are different, can I get a cheap copy of SunOS somewhere?

[toolie]

SunOS is pre-Solaris. Sun dropped development of SunOS in favor of Solaris. They are basically the same, just a newer version.

[Glaurung]

Thanks - It's an obvious thing when you know it, but if you don't it's really confusing!!

[Shadoglare]

Well technically they are still the same thing. Solaris still says "SunOS" when you boot up.
From version 7 on, you could refer to Solaris with 3 different version numbers and/or names.
It's nice and confusing.