[osol-mktg] Re: [osol-discuss] "... on OpenSolaris" is an oxymoron

[Joerg Schilling]

Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> wrote:

> I strongly suspect that binary compatibility is something which
> certain distributions are going to lose. In fact, so far we seem to
> be running zero from one as far as binary compability - the one and
> only non-Sun distribution (deliberately) breaks binary compability
> with Nevada.

You are making obscure intimations but as there is currently only one
non-Sun OpenSolaris distribution, it seems that I need to assume that
you are talking about SchilliX.

Check what Nevada is and recognize that SchilliX does not break compatibility
with Nevada but it _may_ break compatibility with the closed source and
not redistributable add-ons that the Sun distribution includes.

BTW: if you found an incompatibility it would make sense to name it.
Using the word deliberately is harsh and if you use it you should prove
it by facts.


If you like to discuss compatibility, we first need to discuss the scope
for the compatibility. SchilliX is compatible with Nevada. If you like 
to make SchilliX compatible with Sun Solaris, Sun Solaris either needs to
be made OpenSource or changed to use open source technology.

P.S. I assume that Nevada is the name for the new version of the Solaris O/N
consolidation and not a name for the whole Sun-Solaris.

Jörg

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