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They didn't build SFU - the first thing called that was a rebranded MKS toolkit, from Mortice Kern Systems (later, I think, bought by somebody else). The second
by __jal 10y ago
They didn't build SFU - the first thing called that was a rebranded MKS toolkit, from Mortice Kern Systems (later, I think, bought by somebody else). The second thing called named SFU was a different POSIX layer built by some company I can't remember the name of.
Remembering having to use it (the MKS version) to port some Solaris software, I recall my team mates having an alternate expansion for the acronym that isn't that hard to guess.
- vram22 10y agoDon't know if they built SFU internally from the start, or bought/licensed it and then built upon it. But it was MS engineers in the MS Hyderabad office who told me about SFU and what it was for. I remember Mortice Kern's MKS Toolkit from BYTE and PC Magazine magazine ads, but did not know of the MS connection you mention.
- int_19h 10y agoThe other thing was called Interix before it was bought by Microsoft and became SFU 3.0.