[advocacy-discuss] "What is OpenSolaris" page

[Dave Miner]

Rich Teer wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2008, MC wrote:
> 
>> Sun is conspicuously trying to make opensolaris look and act like a
>> top linux desktop distro, presumably to grab more desktop users.
>> Learning about unix has nothing to do with that goal and doesn't matter
>> at all.
>>
>> Why do you need to learn about "unix" when the software you are using
>> is all graphical GNOME apps?  Answer: you don't.  Or at least I don't.
>> And neither do the literally one billion people who are using microsoft
>> windows.
> 
> Indeed.  So if all one is using is graphical GNOME apps, why does CLI
> stuff "need" to change?
> 

What have we changed that would possibly be an obstacle to you, Rich? 
All your favorite old hoary utilities are still there and as compatible 
as they've ever been.  Use your same old home directory and it'll work 
just the same as it always has; not a lick of my ksh setup changed in 
moving from Nevada to OpenSolaris.

Dave