[advocacy-discuss] "What is OpenSolaris" page

[Rich Reynolds]

Moinak Ghosh wrote:
> 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.
> 
this is simply the slow but inexorable drift of operating systems to the 
land of "user friendly and expert hostile"...

we all understand it, but will continue to whine about it...

sigh,

odd1

>> Regards... Sean.
>>
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