> Reverse course and restore Sun's innovation-unfriendly attitude? Sun > really has become what I consider the executor of the System V legacy, > leaving the implementation of innovations to the competition.
This has nothing to with System V legacy. This has to do with putting our energy into our most important problems. The sleep command has never been a maintenance issue and it's highly unlikely to become one in the future. At the same time, a considerable amount of time has been wasted due to brokenness resulting from this change. -- meem