On 02/11/2007, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 01/11/2007, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Ubuntu thrived despite Debian's long years of existence. > > > > > > > > Slackware continues despite RedHat's rise. > > > > > > > > SUSE continues despite RedHat. > > > > > > > > Mandraiva continues despite ... etc. > > > > > > Does Suse claim to publish "Linux"? > > > Does Ubuntu claim to publish "Linux"? > > > Does Redhat claim to publish "Linux"? > > > Does Mandriva claim to publish "Linux"? > > > > That isn't the same. Linux is a kernel; the material provided by > > OpenSolaris comprises a complete operating system. > > Not true: OpenSolaris is not even a complete basic OS. > > Guess why I had to work hard to create the SchilliX distribution to make > a bootable environment from the OpenSolaris bits? Also note that the tendency > to > replace useland tools by GNU tools let's OpenSolaris approach the Linux idea > of only being a kernel.
The distribution constructor + Indiana will prove that statement wrong. Jorg, this isn't two years ago, we're in a far better situation now than we were when you made SchilliX. For example, we have libm, etc. now. Folks *can* build their own distribution right now only using components available from OpenSolaris.org. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
