[indiana-discuss] scope

[Marc Hamilton]

Ian says it is my job to pick, at least for Solaris.
For OpenSolaris, it should be a community decision.
But if the community wants me to pick, I would probably go with ksh93.

On Aug 7, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Chris Pickett wrote:

> On 8/7/07, Marc Hamilton <Marc.Hamilton at sun.com> wrote:
>> Sun's expectations are that large Linux customers will move first  
>> to the
>> Project Indiana binary distribution built on OpenSolaris, not to  
>> Solaris 10.
>> So I very much endorse the notion that we make Project Indiana as  
>> seamless
>> as possible for people moving from Linux. At some point in the  
>> future, when
>> we rev our commercial Solaris distro to make it based on Indiana,  
>> Sun can
>> decide exactly how to handle the compatibility with our Solaris 10  
>> install
>> base. But for now, I'm hoping the community focuses on making it  
>> as seamless
>> as possible for non Solaris users to use OpenSolaris/Indiana.
>
> What does it mean for the /bin/sh problem? Maybe you or Ian should
> make an executive decision: Pick a shell (ksh93 or bash) and get it
> integrated as /bin/sh.
>
> Chris
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Marc Hamilton
Vice President, Solaris Marketing
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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