On Jan 15, 2008, at 6:30 AM, Bryan Boone wrote: > ...But if Indiana wants to lure Linux folks to Solaris, it needs to > offer tools that are familiar. I cut my teeth as a Windows 3.0 > developer, but I came to Linux via Mac OS X. What was true in OS X > (BSD) was true, for the most part, in Linux. Migration was easy and > it > was a win-win for me. > > I keep coming back to Solaris
Same story, except for I came from Linux to OS X. I'm comfy and at- home using the GNU userland, and there are millions more like me. So I think that from the Sun and Solaris point of view, a GNU-flavored Indiana is a good thing. But what John is asking for is perfectly reasonable. He wants the Indiana goodies (installer, package manager, and so on) without losing the "Solaris classic" userland. I don't think that's a particularly good investment for Sun, but I think it's 100% reasonable for John , and those who share his tastes, to build what he wants while being part of the Indiana community. -Tim _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list indiana-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
