On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:27 PM, David Dyer-Bennet <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, January 15, 2009 12:51, Octave Orgeron wrote: > >> However, if the hope is that the GNU toolset will >> attract users and developers.. I think that idea maybe a little flawed. > > That's slightly off from what *I* am thinking (not speaking for anybody > except myself here). My point is that the really steep learning curve a > Linux user hits when he starts trying to run a current Solaris is a strong > discouraging factor; the detail changes in tools with the same names, and > major losses of functionality, make the user feel crippled and weak. > That's an unpleasant feeling, and one natural reaction is to walk away. > And a good pool of people comfortable with working in Solaris is valuable > to Solaris and to Sun!
Your complaint here is not a Linux vs. Solaris complaint. It goes back much farther than that to SysVr4 vs. BSD. Try going back and forth between Solaris, AIX and HP-UX. Then add BSD and Linux. And for added fun, pick an OS that believes that TCP/IP is optional like QNX. The problem though is that this same argument can easily be applied to cars: automatic or manual transmission, on the floor or the column, reverse at up-n-left or down-n-right, left or right hand drive? Just because the preferred mode in Europe is right hand drive, manual on the floor and the US is left hand drive, automatic on the column doesn't make one better than the other - just different. No one is going to move from the US to Europe and suddenly expect all of the cars to match the US standard or the other way around. They will adapt and "when in Rome...". fpsm _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
