>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Oct 11 01:40:40 2000
>Just semantics IMHO. Linux isn't UNIX. It follows the standards
>fairly closely, but not 100%. Where someone has deemed a
>standard as braindead, it has been changed. Other areas -
>standards don't define strictly and so are open to implementation
>interpretation as well. I don't know (or care) about the 'adsf/'
>semantic being in a standard or not myself, it works everywhere
>I've used it, and I've seen it hard coded like that all over
>hells creation so even if it breaks on every other OS out there,
As I already wrote, it does not work on FreeBSD. It does not work
on Solaris, it does not work on HP-UX (just tested). So it does
not seem to work anywhere except on Linux.
>>>and in large enough capacity to matter now? ;o) SCO is no
>>>longer with us... who's next the penguin asks... ;o)
>>
>>Let's see what happens with the Solaris source. Note that neither
>>Sun nor SCO or it's new owner are allowed to make Solaris or SCO UNIX
>>open source. Both in a joined action could do.
>Unless they GPL it, or BSD it, it won't go too far I don't
It is most unlikely that it will go BSD.
Even GPL would probably not apropriate.
>believe. If they do GPL/BSD licence it, then that is great, and
>they can benefit from existing Linux code, as well as Linux
The only code from Linux that would be of interest for Solaris
is driver code. Solaris has a much better overall kernel implementation.
>benefitting from UNIX code. I'm all for it if it happens. I
>just don't see it happening anytime soon. I think it will be an
>11th hour decision that might come too late to make a difference.
Let's see... At least, they are not willing to give me the Solaris 8
source code to the same conditions I cot S7 because they beliebe that
the free source will be available soon.
Linus kernel people could learn a lot from looking into the Solaris
source ;-)
J�rg
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