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SunOS was the UNIX-based operating system for Scalable Processor Architecture-based workstations and servers from Sun Microsystems. SunOS was based on BSD. SunOS was replaced by Solaris in 1992. 

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Sun Microsystems continued shipping SunOS until the end of 1998. Support for SunOS ended in 2003. 

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This was last updated in November 2008
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