On 12 Jul 2007, at 20:02, Frank van der Linden wrote:
> And really, I think that the differences between the commandline
> environments of *BSD/OpenSolaris/Linux for developers aren't that big,

True, and yet in my experience the number one thing Linux users  
complain about on Solaris is userland.

I totally understand that Unix people see the tao of Unix as  
superior, and they want to win new users over to that way, and I  
think that once users adopt OpenSolaris, you guys will have a shot at  
convincing them that the Unix way wins, but if you don't smooth the  
path to adopting your product, you'll never even get that shot.  
People won't even look.

You need a beachhead.

Providing a GNU-friendly userland isn't a technical challenge, and it  
won't require heaps of space on the CD. The cost is low and the  
potential benefits are huge. There is no non-religious reason to not  
provide it.

IMHO

D

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