> In theory, it sounds great. The only thing that > bothers me is that if > you have a mode that is "Linux mode" will people ever > bother to learn > the other one? > > In other words, if we have this "Linux mode" will > people continue to > write non-portable software and never be motivated to > make their > software truly portable because there is no > "compelling" alternative > environment? > > Possibly a moot point, but one that concerns me > nonetheless.
I don't like that aspect either. But if I were to engage in the unfamiliar practice of optimism, I might just as easily say that it would break one big difficult step (porting to the native environment) down into two smaller steps (a relatively easy port which gave access to advanced tools like dtrace, and a somewhat more difficult port to the native environment). And in the interim between the two steps, more apps would be available; and many users wouldn't care beyond that anyway. Besides, if there really is some advantage to Doing It Right, it would just be a matter of time before that became apparent, and I'm reasonably sure someone would take it upon themselves to publicize that. And since I suppose there are plenty of big customers still running Solaris 8, I doubt the native environment is in any immediate danger of fading away. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
