http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/04/0028230 says Sun wants to challenge Linux but I see no endeavors to renovate all of these older buildings, starting with updating /bin/sh to ksh93. How is Solaris going to be able to challenge anyone, including Linux, with a default shell which doesn't even understand the basics of a normal shell?
On 8/31/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: > Robert Neville wrote: > > On 8/31/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote: > >> Brandorr wrote: > >>> A decision has been made to replace /bin/sh with a more > >>> modern/user-friendly default system shell. Ksh93 was chosen because it > >>> is fully backwards compatible with /bin/sh, is fully standards > >>> compliant, has all of the features you love about bash, and also > >>> happens to be the most powerful scripting shell available. > >> It's been discussed, but I don't think anyone can say it's decided yet > >> that's what will happen. > > > > Who is going to make the decision? > > When someone has a technical proposal ready to put forth for what to > switch to and how to do the transition, it would be reviewed and > approved or denied by the ARC. > > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering > _______________________________________________ > docs-discuss mailing list > docs-discuss at opensolaris.org > -- Bruno
