[indiana-discuss] Bad press

[Bryan Boone]

uhhhh... .What's a shell ;)
As a die-hard Linux user (patiently waiting for a Solaris for mere 
mortals) I try to do most things via a windowing system, reserving the 
shell for "power user" operations as I learn them.
One of the first power user operations I learned is b-a-s-h. ;)

I think that getting a usable desktop in the hands (or desktop) of the 
masses is the big win.  Look at what KDE has done for Linux.  Yes I know 
that Gnome is valuable, too, but it has a history of being for the 
techno-geeks.  KDE, IMHO, put it (Linux) in the hands of the masses.

As a Java developer, I found that Solaris x64 out performed most other 
platforms for both development and deployment, but was almost like 
speaking a foreign language when it came to admin.

That being said, when I can get a stable copy of Indiana and SMB support 
in fstab, then I'm re-imaging my dual-dual core 64 bit cpus with 
Indiana, bite the bullet and learn the admin.

-B

I. Szczesniak wrote:
> On Nov 5, 2007 10:26 PM, Donal McMullan <donal at catalyst.net.nz> wrote:
>> Tim Bray wrote:
>>> Excuse me?  I am a strong Solaris proponent, and I am trying to
>>> advance Solaris' cause by making it easy to attract people who've
>>> been living in Gnu/bash land.  This is the single largest group of
>>> people who are potential adoptees of Solaris, and if we don't make it
>>> easy for them to adopt, they won't.
>> And bash by default is one less yak to shave.
> 
> Who is going to provide support for bash? I think if bash should
> remain the default shell for Indiana we need active community support
> and provide fixes for this shell. If no one is going to provide
> support for bash then Indiana should not use it as default shell.
> 
> Irek
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