UNIX admin wrote:
>>> For instance, the drivers are started by an
>>>       
>> /etc/init.d/ script (!?!?!), back then when I tried
>> the software, no package had been delivered, the
>> binaries were written into /usr, and so on. Extremely
>> unprofessional, inspite of the firm's claim that
>> they've "done UNIX for a very long time". If they
>> have, then they learned very little in that time
>> period about UNIX, apart from programming audio
>> hardware on it.
>>     
>>>   
>>>       
>> It pays yo check your facts before slagging someone
>> off, the current
>> version is delivered as a package.
>>     
>
> What's it say up there? It says: "back then when I tried the software", 
> that's what it says. Black on white.
>   
By that logic, I could say "back when I tried Solaris, it didn't support
my hardware".  What nonsense, if you are going to criticise something,
check out the current version first.

>> If something is integrated, how can it mess with the
>> integrity of your
>> operating system?
>>     
>
> To this I write: we'll just see how well it will be "integrated" with the 
> operating system. I do beg your pardon for being skeptical about it, 
> considering the company's track record. (And I don't mean Sun.)
>  
>   
Well, OSS worked on an failed to bugger up everything I've tried it on
over the past 10 years or so.  This being OpenSolaris, I'm sure you can
chip in and help.

Ian
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