> UNIX admin writes:
>> Now all of a sudden associating Solaris -- most notably OpenSolaris
>> -- is not what we want, now it's bad, in the way, out of favor, not
>> in fashion,
>
> Untrue. Solaris is still cool.
>
> It's just that Open Solaris is *NOT* the same thing as Sun's Solaris,
> and quite intentionally so.
>
> If we were to exert the same kind of control over Open Solaris as we
> do over Sun's Solaris, then Open Solaris would die. It would never
> become what it's supposed to be. That would be a catastrophe.
>
>> That's great, I'm all for it, but what's with those of us that still
>> remember what Solaris *was* and what OpenSolaris *is* today? I guess
>> we're not "fashionable" any more. I mean, Solaris vs. OpenSolaris is
>> starting to sound like a crusade. Now the fashion has changed, so
>> some things are on the "forbidden list". Great.
>
> That's just not so. Solaris is still what it's always been. The only
> difference is that you can now get the source and play with it without
> having to go through the hassles you once had to.
>
> There's no "crusade." They're just not the same thing.
>
if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck ... [1]
its a Java Enterprise OS ?
:-)
Dennis
[1]
http://www.whatquote.com/quotes/James-Whitcomb-Riley/1718-When-I-see-a-bird-th.htm
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