[indiana-discuss] Improve supportability though a single, unencumbered, unique release

[Dennis Clarke]

> O.K.  You've all convinced me that the benefits outweigh the risks!  I
> already spent too much energy between 1985 and the mid 1990s correcting
> the assumption that "Windows" and "Graphical desktop operating system"
> always meant  "Microsoft Windows" instead of Intuition, TOS, Beos, GEM,
> Solaris, Linux, DECWindows, MacOS, OS9, OS2...   and "PC" always meant
> x86 processor running Microsoft Windows.  The assumptions were correct
> 80-95% of the time which apparently is all it takes.  Here's hoping
> OpenSolaris becomes as ubiquitous and overused as Kleenex, Coke and
> Windows.
>
> Predicted quote from Jurassic Park VI "This is OpenSolaris, I KNOW this!"

That was an SGI machine running the FSN 3D filesystem interface. Sadly, SGI
had fallen badly and the "SGI Serious Fun" website that once hosted the FSN
codeworks is gone.

I guess we can expect to see OpenSolaris in the serious tech movies in the
near future. I do believe that some snazzy looking Sun storage gear was used
in a recent movie to give the setting a *very* high-end technology feel.

Dennis