Moinak Ghosh wrote:
Erast Benson wrote:
On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 16:10 +0000, Brian Nitz wrote:
Erast,
[...snipped]
download a "pure opensolaris" application binary (package format TBD
;-) and guarantee that it will work on Schillix, Nexenta and Sun's
distribution or should we count on Java to be the only only stable
cross platform/cross distribution ABI?
Forget about package format. :-)
M$ Windows do not have any embedded package managers at all. Answer on
your question is simple: Third party application developer *must* take
care of the issue. i.e. He must provide solution which will work on any
OpenSolaris-based distro (or on those where developer see its potential
market).
This causes every Windows software vendor to re-invent the wheel and
results in problems. So
many times I have seen problems due to buggy install/uninstall
mechanisms shipped by vendors.
Regards,
Moinak.
I agree. Also, I don't buy into one of the assumptions...
Erast points out that desktop software ISVs take on on the burden of
install-time version compatibility on Windows. True, but to assume that
they are _naturally_ motivated to do so is way off. I'd say that what
motivates them is the size of the Windows desktop market.
Eric
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