Developer | Sun Microsystems |
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OS family | Unix (BSD/SVR4) |
Working state | Historic; now marketed as Solaris |
Source model | Closed source |
Initial release | 1982 |
Latest release | 4.1.4[1] / September 1994[2] |
Platforms | Motorola 680x0, Sun386i, SPARC |
Kernel type | Monolithic kernel |
Default user interface | SunView, OpenWindows |
License | Proprietary (binary only) |
Succeeded by | Solaris |
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.