John Sonnenschein wrote: > > On 10-Jul-07, at 9:17 AM, Eric Boutilier wrote: > >> On Mon, 9 Jul 2007, Tim Bray wrote: >>> >>> Remember, every time you take something out that people are used to >>> and seemed to work, you increase the Solaris barrier to entry... >> >> Absolutely, positively. >> >> After all, that, in a nutshell, is what Indiana and its bretheren such >> as ARC case 2007/047 and its offspring are all about, isn't it? > > Well, why not just ship the GNU userspace on the Linux kernel then? > it's what people are used to & seems to work... why bother with this > "Solaris" business at all? > > Which is ultimately the real question... If we're going to replace > everything that makes Solaris great with stuff that Linux uses just > because it's more familiar, why not just use Linux? Why upgrade Solaris? It is perfect now isn't it? Very easy to use. Your mum could get the DVD and have no problems installing it on the toaster. Seriously. I think you are probably missing that Indiana is not about deleting Solaris. It is just making it more familiar for a current Linux user to use, while keeping it Solaris. You can have your cake and eat it too.
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