> 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

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