Actually, its less the name AIX will be dropped but more that "AIX" will be transformed into the Power port of Linux and called "AIX".
The user space has been mostly Linux for quite a while and I suspect there will be much rejoicing in kernel, "Why the HECK did we obsess with a kernel that can page itself" land when they finally do the "secret switch" of the old school AIX kernel with the new school Linux based "AIX" kernel. AIX is a brand name that I doubt IBM would ever give up but there are plenty of good reasons to drop the legacy AIX kernel for the more modern Linux based replacement. Speaking as someone who has been shaking his head at the AIX kernel implementation since ROMP days in the 80's... -Rob -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
