[advocacy-discuss] "What is OpenSolaris" page

[Moinak Ghosh]

Sean Sprague wrote:
> 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.
>   

   Since you are long-time Solaris users familiar with it's nuances, how 
long
   does it take you to flip your PATH so that /usr/bin is in the front ? How
   long will it take an OpenSolaris n00b to figure out it's nuances and 
update
   the PATH settings so that he can use the familiar GNU tools ? Would he
   even care to do such a change if the operating env feels weird and 
unfamiliar
   right from the start ?

Regards,
Moinak.

> Regards... Sean.
>
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