# # Dumping data for table 'os' # delete from os; INSERT INTO os VALUES ('BSDI','PC >= 386','Many network-interfaces and communication-devices, sparse in most other areas. Officially supported hardware','BSD','posix 1003.1c','Not certified,
but developed to be complient','no','SMP','32 bit','Post.Office','Stronghold SSL','Borderware, TIS Gauntlet','Raima, MySQL, PostgreSQL','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','Some can be downloaded for free, some costs money.','> 75.000','Network servers, firewalls','Berkerly Software Design Inc., Colorado Springs, USA','Available for a fee.','pay-ware','www.bsdi.com/','comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.*','bsdi-users','no','no','many TB','many TB','SCO UNIX and DOS, support for Linux binaries is in development','UFS, FAT (dos, windows), iso9660','no','2 GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS client','lpd, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('dec','Digital/Compaq Alpha','','MACH based. Mostly complete SYSV R3 & R4 librarys and tools.','posix 1003.1c','yes','yes','SMP and clustering','64 bit','Post.Office','Stronghold SSL ','','Oracle, MySQL','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','Many are freely downloadable, other are only available to customers with a valid service contract.','','File- db- network-servers, big and redundant server-farms. Number crunching.','Compaq USA
Was Digital Equipment Corporation not so long ago.','no','pay-ware','www.unix.digital.com
Documentation','comp.sys.dec.*','','yes','no','1 TB, \"unlimited\" with VLDB, > 2GB with UFS','1 TB, \"unlimited\" with VLDB','MIPS/Ultrix (conversion), Open VMS/Vax','VFS, AdvFS, UFS, iso9660','yes','28 GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS','lpd, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('freebsd','PC >= 386','Most basic PC hardware','Based on 4.4 BSD lite','posix threads is mostly implemented','no','no','SMP - sort of
The kernel is mostly not re-entrant so even though SMP is included it\'s not very usefull at the moment.','32 bit','','Stronghold SSL ','','PostgreSQL, Raima, mysql','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','Freely download able and available on CD.
Three versions, a \"stable\" which is a little old and throughly tested, a \"release\" which is new and well-tested, and a \"current\" wich is bleeding-edge.','','Network servers, packet-filtering router, low-end workstation. See The FreeBSD Gallery for examples. ','The FreeBSD Project, which is groups of volunteer programmers from all over the world.','','free ','www.freebsd.org','comp.unix.bsd.freebsd*','www.freebsd.org/register.html
Mailing Lists','no','no','4 TB','1 TB (4 TB with modifications)','Windows 3.1 (WINE), Linux, some SysV (iBCS), NetBSD, BSDI','UFS, ext2fs (Linux), FAT (dos, windows), VFAT (Win95/98), iso9660','Support for Java has recently been made available','1 GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','nis yes, nis+ no','lpr, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('irix','MIPS R4000 to R10000 based SGI machines','Lots of high-end graphics equipment. ','SYSV R4 plus BSD-feautures','posix 1003.1c','yes','yes','SMP and clustering,
128 CPU\'s','64 bit and 32 bit','Post.Office','Stronghold SSL','','Oracle Parallel Server(tm), MySQL, PostgreSQL ','NFS, SNA, DECNET, OSI transport, Xinet AppleTalk, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','Security and some other patches can be downloaded for free some other patches are for support contract customers','','Graphical workstations, generic workstations, database servers, generic CPU/IO servers, render farms, number crunchning, dino-enginering ;-)','Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, California, USA','confidential','pay-ware','www.sgi.com','comp.sys.sgi.*','','yes','no','9 million terabytes','18 million terabytes','DOS and Windows 3.1/W32 (Insigna SoftWindows)','XFS, HFS (Mac), FAT (dos, windows), efs, iso9660, VFS, xlv, ','yes','256GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS and NIS+','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('linux','PC >= 386 and Digital Alpha.
More platforms are in development, some are nearly ready for the real-world. See WS_Linux.html for one example.','Most PC hardware.','Designed from scratch to be Posix compliant.
Is somewhat BSD backwards compatible as well.','posix 1003.1c','A posix.1 certified Linux version is available from Unifix.
The main kernel is designed to be posix complient, but haven\'t been certified.','no','SMP, clustering','32 bit on PC\'s and pre Ultra Spars\'s,
64 bit on UltraSparc and Alpha','',' Stronghold SSL ','','MySQL, PostgreSQL , Raima','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers, Appletalk, Netware (NCPFS), Netware (mars_nwe) ','Freely download able, and available on CD. Both a stable and a bleeding-edge version is available.','The Linux Counter estimates that ther\'s around 11.000.000 Linux users, but no-one really knows.','Network servers, low to mid-range workstations or workstation replacements, database servers, thin clients (NC\'s), embedded systems (eg. escalators, factory machines, POS terminals), fun.','Developed, programmed and maintained by a big group of people from all over the world.','GPL','free','www.linuxhq.com
The Linux Rescource Exchange','comp.os.linux.*
alt.os.linux.*
An index of Linux mailing-lists and newsgroups','An index of Linux mailing-lists and newsgroups','no','no','2 GB','','Windows 3.*-98 (Wine), Windows (Wabi), Dos (dosemu), Mac (Executor), SCO and some other Intel based SysV\'s(iBCS)','ext2, FAT, HFS, VFAT, UFS read-only, SYSV (Cohorent, SCO, Xenix), HPFS read-only (OS/2), iso9660 (CDROM), ext, minix, NTFS (read-only), FFS (Amiga)','yes','2 GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS yes, NIS+ in beta','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers,
lpr, Novell'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('linuxtwotwo','PC >= 386, Digital Alpha, Sparc, UltraSparc, PPC, StrongARM
More are in development','Most PC hardware.','Designed from scratch to be Posix and now Unix98 compliant.
Has some backwards compatibility for older *nix\'n.','posix 1003.1c','A posix.1 certified Linux 2.0.* kernel is available from Unifix.
The main kernel is designed to be posix complient, but haven\'t been certified.','no','SMP up to 16 CPU\'s, much improved performance in comparison to 2.0.*, clustering','32 bit on PC\'s 32 bit Sparc\'s
64 bit on UltraSparc and Alpha','',' Stronghold SSL ','','MySQL, PostgreSQL , Raima','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers, Appletalk, Netware (NCPFS), Netware (mars_nwe) ','Freely download able, and available on CD. Both a stable and a bleeding-edge version is available.','The Linux Counter estimates that ther\'s around 11.000.000 Linux users, but no-one really knows.','Network servers, low-end/midrange/highend workstations or workstation replacements, database servers, thin clients (NC\'s), embedded systems (eg. escalators, factory machines, POS terminals), fun.','Developed, programmed and maintained by a big group of people from all over the world.','GPL','free','The difference between 2.0.* and 2.2.*
www.linuxhq.com
The Linux Rescource Exchange','comp.os.linux.*
alt.os.linux.*
An index of Linux mailing-lists and newsgroups','An index of Linux mailing-lists and newsgroups','no','no','2 GB (ext2)','16 TB (ext2)','Windows 3.*-98 (Wine), Windows (Wabi), Dos (dosemu), Mac (Executor), SCO and some other Intel based SysV\'s(iBCS) ','ext2, FAT, HFS, VFAT, FAT32, UFS read-only, SYSV (Cohorent, SCO, Xenix), HPFS read-only (OS/2), iso9660 (CDROM), Joliet (Microsoft CD-ROM filenaming system), ext, minix, NTFS (read-only), HFS (MacOS), FFS (Amiga), Acorn RiscOS','yes','2 GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS yes, NIS+ in beta','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers,
lpr, Novell'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('macos','Motorola 68040 and PowerPC based Mac\'s.
A part of the OS runs in an 680x0 emulator on a PowerMAC.','All current MAC hardware, some graphics equipment and some PC PCI cards.','A unique Apple design','The OS isn\'t reentrant so only application level thread are possible.','no','no','MacOS has some multiprocessing support, but Mac\'s with more than 1 CPU is rare.','32 bit','','WebStar','','','SMB & NetBIOS, Appleshare','ftp\'able for free','','Desktop office computers, low- to higher-middle-end graphical work, and web-servers.','Apple Computers Inc.
1 Infinite Loop
Cupertino, CA 95014
USA','Confidental','Pay-ware','www.macos.apple.com','alt.binaries.mac.*
alt.mac.*
comp.sys.mac.*','EvangeList','no','no','','','Connectix Virtual PC claims to be able to emulate an x86 computer well enough to run most OS\'s and apps available for x86.','HFS, fat, HFS+, iso9660','yes','','no','possible but rare','3. party software exist that can display a GUI from a Unix machine','no','client yes, server no','','AppleTalk and AppleShare spooling'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('os2','PC >= 386','Some but not all PC hardware','A unique IBM design','yes, flawor unknown','','no','SMP and clustering in WARP Server','32 bit','','','','DB2, Raima','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers, LANManager, Novell, Appletalk, NFS','Freely download able.','','Desktop computer, BBS, application server, embedded, desktop very smart terminal in financial companies','IBM','confidential','pay-ware','www.software.ibm.com','comp.os.os2.*
comp.os2.*','','no','no','2 GB, 2 GB + 1 GB in OS/2 Server for eBusiness','2 GB, 2 GB + 1 GB in OS/2 Server for eBusiness','DOS and Windows 3.1 ','HPFS, FAT, VFAT, FAT32, iso9660, Joliet, etx2, NTFS (read-only), HFS, HPOFS,','yes','2 GB','yes','no','3. party software exist that can display a GUI from a Unix machine','yes','yes','','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers, lpr, IBM peer'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('scounixware','PC >= 386','','SysV R4.2','posix','The former version (2.1) is certified.','The former version (2.1) is certified.','1 to 8 depending on how much you pay','32 bit','','Stronghold SSL ','','Raima','','','','File and printer server on LAN\'s, application server eg. as backend for POS systems','The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. ','confidential','Free for personal, and educational purposes, pay-ware for other purposes','www.sco.com','comp.unix.sco.*','','yes','no','1 TB','1 TB','Windows 3.1 (WINE), Dos, Win 3.*, Win95 (Merge4), Linux (lxrun), SCO OpenServer','VxFS, iso9660 ','yes','4 GB
8 GB in the DataCenter edition, and 64 GB accesable through special API\'s','yes','no','yes','','yes','NIS','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('scoopenserver','PC >= 386',' ','SysV','','yes','yes','SMP up to 30 CPU\'s','32 bit','','','','mysql ','SCO VisionFS (Windows file and print), SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','','','LAN application and disk server','The Santa Cruz Operation Inc., ','confidential','Free for personal, and educational purposes, pay-ware for other purposes','www.sco.com','comp.unix.sco.*',' ','no','no','','','Dos, Windows 3.1, Win95 (WINE), DOS, Windows 3.*, Win95 (SCO Merge)','','yes','2 GB','yes','no','yes','','','','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('solaris','Sparc and PC >= 386','All current Sparc peripherals, some PC peripherals.','SysV R4','posix 1003.1c','yes','yes','SMP on both Sparc and Intel
64 CPU\'s on sparc','32 bit on Intel and Sparc, 64 bit on UltraSparc','Post.Office','Stronghold SSL','FireWall-1','MySQL, Raima, PostgreSQL, Oracle','NFS, FileSync, LANManager/SMB, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers, Novell, Appleshare','Some (all???) minor updates/bugfixes can be downloaded freely.
Subscription customers get\'s major upgrades on CD.','','Workstations, network servers, db-servers, app-servers, file-servers','Sun Microsystems Inc.
901 San Antonio Road
Palo Alto
CA 94303 USA','Source is available to some people on some conditions','pay-ware or 2 year subscriptions','www.sun.com','comp.sys.sun.*
comp.unix.solaris','','yes','yes','1 TB (on UltraSparc)','1 TB (on UltraSparc)','Macintosh (MAE), Windows 3.1 (WABI)','UFS, iso9660, VxFS is available as an option','yes','','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS and NIS+','lp, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('NT','i386 >= 486, Alpha.
Ther\'s some limited support for Prep PowerPC\'s and some older MIPS machines','Many PC peripherals works with NT, many doesn\'t. See the HCL for a list of devices that are certified to work.','A unique Microsoft design. ','yes flavour unknown','no
but ther\'s a Posix subsystem that\'s certified.','no','SMP
2 CPU\'s in workstation edition,
4 CPU\'s in server edition.
OEM\'s might implement support for more in their versions.','32 bit','Post.Office','IIS','','mysql ','smb, Appletalk, SNA','Freely download able.','','Desktop computers for office/technical/graphics work, file/print/web/whatever servers for light to somewhat high loads.','Microsoft, USA','Confidential','pay-ware,
client computers accessing an NT server need to buy a seperate license called a \"Client Access License\".','www.microsoft.com','','','no','no','2 GB on FAT partitions,
64 GB on NTFS','','MAC (Executor), dos, windows 3.1/W32, ','FAT, VFAT, NTFS, iso9660','yes','2 GB for programs and 2 GB for NT','mostly
Needs to be switched on for some 16 bit apps','yes - is vulnerable to dos virus','no
3. party software exist that can display a GUI from a Unix machine','no','yes','','smb, lpr'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('HPUX','HP9000 workstations and servers','','sysV','posix 1003.1c','yes','yes','SMP','64 bit','Post.Office','Stronghold SSL ','','mysql ','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','Freely download able.
Support contract customers can get them in the mail as well.','','Workstations for enginering, CAD and visualization, database and application servers.','Hewlett Packard, USA','Confidential','pay-ware','','','','yes','no','128 GB','128 GB','','HFS, VxFS, iso9660, fat','yes','3.75 GB','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','NIS and NIS+','SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers, lpr'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('AIX','','','SysV R3 plus some BSD plus some unique IBM','','','','','','Post.Office','Stronghold SSL ','','mysql','NFS, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers','','','','IBM','confidential','','','','','yes','yes','','','','JFS','yes','','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','nis yes, nis+ ?','lp, SAMBA Net BIOS file and print servers'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('Rhapsody','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','','',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('BeOS',' PC >= Pentium / AMD K6, PCI-based PowerMacintosh >= PowerPC603 ','Some drivers for common devices','a unique design, based on a unique microkernel','proprietary threads','aims to be Posix conforming someday','no','SMP','32 bit','','','','','NFS, smb','free over the net','','Media workstation','Be Inc.','Proprietary','payware - approx. $100 ','www.be.com','comp.sys.be.* ','','no','no','> 1 TB','> 1 TB','on PPC hardware some MacOS apps can be run through the use of a 3. party tool','FAT/VFAT-16/32, HFS, Ext2, iso9660 ','no','4 GB','yes','no','no','no','client yes, server no','no','proprietary'); INSERT INTO os VALUES ('netbsd','many','have a look at the official list of peripherals with NetBSD drivers','Based on 4.4BSD Lite','MIT-pthreads','it\'s developed to be compliant but it has never been certified','no','no','32 bit on most platforms, 64 bit on Alpha and UltraSparc','','','','','NFS, SAMBA, Appletalk','freely downloadable','','network equipment such as routers and firewalls, research projects, software development','The NetBSD Project, a world-wide team of developers.','BSD License','free','www.netbsd.org','comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.*','mailing lists','no','no','','','','','','','yes','no','yes','yes','yes','nis yes, nis+ no','lpr, samba');