[advocacy-discuss] "What is OpenSolaris" page

[Sean Sprague]

John,

>>> I'm genuinely confused: what parts of the OpenSolaris don't make Solaris
>>> a better Solaris? Which features are retrograde steps?
>>>       
>> /usr/gnu being at the front of the default PATH for one.
>>     
>
> Please give a detailed technical reason for why that's an issue. AFAIK
> pretty much every GNU tool implementation is both more functional and
> significantly faster than the ancient system V ones.
>   

Rich and I are of the same broken mould (apols Rich). Gnu's Not UNIX; 
but (Open)Solaris is, as far as we care. If it is Sun's desire to make 
OpenSolaris a GNU-tooled implementation, the so be it. Many of us would 
prefer never to have to use "--" on any of our command options. Also all 
the "ancient" SystemV ones have a rich history (and I believe future) 
that none of us should cast aside.

Regards... Sean.