Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-02 Thread Erast Benson
On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 17:47 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 10:52:07PM -0800, Erast Benson wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 21:25 -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Alex Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The issue... what issue? The http://www.sun.com/gnome issue? The

Re: [Fwd: Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program]

2005-11-02 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 09:27:04PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: Erast Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Native GNU libc do not make any difference since it is a part of system runtime which includes: kernel, libc, compiler, etc (as per GPL). You use these quotation marks in the most

Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Alex Ross
Nexenta OS: Debian based GNU/Solaris == This is to announce Nexenta: the first-ever distribution that combines GNU and OpenSolaris. As you might know, Sun Microsystems just opened Solaris kernel under CDDL license, which allows one to build custom Operating Systems.

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:21:45PM -0800, Alex Ross wrote: 2) 2,300 Debian packages available for immediate usage. [...] There are probably very few projects that can come anywhere close to Nexenta OS, in terms of the size, 2300 15000, by my reckoning. and openness. You keep using that

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Alejandro Bonilla Beeche
Matthew Palmer wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:21:45PM -0800, Alex Ross wrote: words about yourself. We'll respond with a user/password. Not to poop on your parade, but please, next time you go to announce something to a technical list like d-devel -- drop the marketing guff, just

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 14:24 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:21:45PM -0800, Alex Ross wrote: 2) 2,300 Debian packages available for immediate usage. [...] There are probably very few projects that can come anywhere close to Nexenta OS, in terms of the size,

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:07:08PM -0800, Erast Benson wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 14:24 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:21:45PM -0800, Alex Ross wrote: 2) 2,300 Debian packages available for immediate usage. [...] There are probably very few projects that

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:32:49PM -0700, Alejandro Bonilla Beeche wrote: I don't know if Alex works for Sun, but in anyway, he has the freedom and option to express himself as he wishes. Your comments, only bring FUD. So I do *not* have the freedom and option to express myself as I wish?

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Erast Benson
On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 17:16 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 09:07:08PM -0800, Erast Benson wrote: On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 14:24 +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 06:21:45PM -0800, Alex Ross wrote: 2) 2,300 Debian packages available for immediate

Re: Debian based GNU/Solaris: pilot program

2005-11-01 Thread Alex Ross
Matthew Palmer wrote: I'm not discounting that it's new and exciting (I wouldn't say totally, but that's a matter of opinion), and I'm in fact quite interested in what the technical benefits of running Debian on a Solaris kernel might be for my needs. However, Alex did specifically claim that

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