Eric Boutilier writes:
[...]
> That's why I don't think we want all OpenSolaris-based distros to be 
> strictly Solaris/UNIX compliant.

I agree with that completely, though it doesn't quite address one of
the original comments that started the email torrent.  There's
certainly a problem for third-party software makers if they have to
recompile for N different "kinds" of Solaris, as they often have to do
(with not inconsiderable pain) for Linux.

It'd be nice if that problem were mostly avoided by having folks
involved with the various flavors attempting to make sure that key
parts are still compatible (e.g., not replacing libc with glibc), but
managing at least that won't be simple.

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