On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Alan Coopersmith wrote:

> - One constant challenge of scripting is that the output formats aren't always
>   easy to parse, and change as features change - what if commands like df, ps,
>   ls, etc. had an option to output in XML format, and there were commands to
>   process that output like an xml grep tool?

Man, I really do like the idea of making some things easier to parse 
automatically - prtdiag -v comes to mind. But .. XML? XML? **XML**?

For the love of .... well, everything that can be mashed with grep, cut, 
awk, sed, tail and head ... Please, anything but XML. One might as well 
have it spit out Oracle tablespaces for all the fun it'll be.

> - Bluetooth stack and simple sample driver (mouse or keyboard maybe).

+1

-- 
Andre van Eyssen.

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