Jake Maciejewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > But you already claimed OpenBSD has unacceptable limitations for the desktop
> > that Solaris doesn''t have. BTW Solaris has roots in a 30 year old
> > technology
> > not 10. Having said this Solaris is far more modern than that in just about
> > everything, and with OpenSolaris now, is Solaris locked into technology any
> > more than OpenBSD ?
>
> I'm not advocating OpenBSD for the desktop. And if you want to talk about
> roots, OpenBSD has its roots in NetBSD which has its roots in BSD. Solaris
> from what I know has its roots in the merging of BSD derived SunOS with SVR4
> because SVR4 was more advanced at the time. Whereas Solaris got refreshed
> with the more advanced codebase, OpenBSD enjoys the benefits of a complete
> security audit to eliminate vulnerabilities from the old BSD days when
> security wasn't much of a concern. I admit that Solaris is more scalable
> (OpenBSD often performs worse with SMP enabled, for example) and possibly
> more stable, but that's because the developers care more about security.
Looks like you forgot that Svr4 was derived from SunOS and SVr3...
Jörg
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