> My doubt is to what degree mere numbers of those > whose experience > or knowledge is limited to Linux are worth > attracting. In the long run, > maybe numbers are needed for mind-share. But in the > short run, unless Solaris > meets their expectations out-of-the-box by default > (a disgusting concept IMO, > although perhaps different packaging and defaults > are a good excuse for > another distro, although I'll always think both > personalities ought to be > trivially available regardless, with the means of > packaging, distribution, and > the default behavior the main differences), they're > going > to be disappointed anyway. You see, I think many > (not all, of course) have > limited themselves into thinking Linux is a superset > of Unix (or indeed simply > the only thing that matters), which it isn't by a > long shot. So I wonder > whether merely giving them a few (or even a lot of) > familiar command and > keystroke convieniences will encourage them to start > writing application code > portable enough that it goes from Linux to Solaris > anywhere near as easily > as much code typically goes in the opposite > direction. And _no_way_ do > I want to see a bunch of Linux APIs adopted > wholesale, although some of > them may well represent useful ideas (or at least > harmless ones perhaps > worthwhile to ease porting), esp. in the areas of > audio, networking, > and maybe tape I/O.
Well with Sun Studio becoming freely available there is hope that perhaps they can be wrenched away from gcc... Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
