"Peter C. Norton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 11:14:14PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > The problem is that the creators of the Linux distributions
> > keep their users uninformed.
> >
> > They don't know that the command line features they see are features
> > from bash.
> >
> > ... and they don't know that Linux does not come with tar but with GNU tar.
> >
> > It's not Solaris that created the ignorance of the Linux users that
> > cry for "Linux compatibility.
> >
> > Solaris users and Sun however need to inform people.....
>
> Maybe something like "you want solaris so you can feel the pain,
> b***h!" Makes for a snappy marketing campaign.
Which pain?
The pain caused by the fact that programs used on Linux (e.g. GNU tar)
create non-standard archives that cannot be properly unpacked by tar
implementaions that follow the standard?
Informed people do not feel pain.......
Jörg
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