carpenter@nbs-vms.ARPA (04/08/85)
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 Carpenterliang@cvl.UUCP (Eli Liang) (04/16/85)
> > 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 <rms@MIT-PREP.ARPA> >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