John Plocher <John.Plocher at Sun.COM> wrote:
> Sean Sprague wrote:
> > What we have not really addressed is the
> > necessity to *learn* something about UNIX (and *not* GNU; bcoz...)
>
> What other relevant UNIX operating systems still exist out there?
>
> Or, in other words, where is the value in forcing new OpenSolaris
> users to learn 1984 technology when they already know 2008 stuff
> from Linux?
Well, the GNU tools represent the state of UNIX from the beginning of the
1990s. The Solaris /usr/bin includes support for the features of UNIX
from y 2000+
Linux folks are strange to understand. Most of them prefer e.g. GNU tar
before star although GNU tar does not implement a single Linux specific
feature while star does have many Linux specific features.
For the same reason, it is most unlikely that GNU chmod/ls/... will add ACL
support. Using /usr/gnu/bin in front of the default PATH thus artificially
moves core OpenSolaris features out of the visibility of new users.
J?rg
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