Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site cvl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!liang From: liang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Public Domain UN*X Message-ID: <316@cvl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Apr-85 12:14:03 EST Article-I.D.: cvl.316 Posted: Tue Apr 16 12:14:03 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Apr-85 03:04:46 EST References: <9803@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: Computer Vision Lab, U. of Maryland, College Park Lines: 46 > > All the recent discussion of public domain operating systems brings > to mind Pilot Project SOL. This is/was a project of Agence de l'Informatique > and INRIA i9n France to produce a non-AT&T UN*X. It was to be written > in PASCAL (!), but a C compiler was intended, along with system call > compatibility to allow UN*X C programs to be run. The 68000 was one > target machine. > > I don't know the current status of SOL, but those interested might > contact Club SOL > Agence de l'Informatique > Tour Fiat, 41eme etage (41st floor) > CEDEX 16 > 92084 PARIS-LA DEFENSE > France > Phone 796-4350 > Telex 613632 > I'm sure that English is well understood the ADI (a French govt agency). > Some years ago I met Robert Mahl, then President of Club SOL, his English > was good. > > I'd be interested to hear the current status of this project. > > Bob Carpenter I just wanted to pass on something I was just told. If rms is right, project SOL had motives other than simple charity in writing another UNIX. >From: Richard M. Stallman >To: liang@cvl >Subject: forwarding an interesting message you may not have seen > >I have been told that Project SOL sold its code to a few companies, >and as a result few people use it. -eli -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eli Liang --- University of Maryland Computer Vision Lab, (301) 454-4526 ARPA: liang@cvl, liang@lemuria, eli@mit-mc, eli@mit-prep CSNET: liang@cvl UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!cvl!liang