> Why shouldn't Solaris learn from, adopt or even > co-opt some of the > things that make Linux successful where it is > successful? > > What exactly is wrong with: > > 1. Improving packaging by observing what has worked > in another > environment > Rethinking the way a shell is used or what a shell > offers for > different uses of an operating system > [in some instances, having to guarantee you've got: > /usr/openwin/bin/dtterm instead of > /usr/bin/dtterm > ...is important. > in other instances, it's a total PITA to have to > remember where > everything is AND to have to type its full path OR > to have to change > the default PATH _and_ then have to hope nothing > else breaks]
Because those things are born from human ignorance, arrogance, and envy. Somebody believed they could make a better UNIX than UNIX, except that they didn't really master UNIX in order to make it better. Had they mastered it, they would have known that all the effort that went into GNU was unnecessary. It was almost nothing but arrogance! How did the Linux kernel come about? IN words of the comrade Torvalds himself: "I wanted a Sun box, but couldn't afford one." That is envy. And claiming that "Solaris on x86 is a joke" That is arrogance. As for a "better shell experience", my stomach turns when I see people executing `bash`. It's disgusting. `tcsh` is light years ahead in user friendliness and features as compared to `bash`, but rest assured, every user that I saw execute `bash` did so because THEY HAD NO CLUE what `tcsh` is and that it was right there, bundled with Solaris. But not one, not one of those users ever even thought to ask "is there a better way?". Not one!!! That's ignorance. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
