> Thanks. Since you didn't answer soon, and since I did get other info > about non-free software needed for OpenSolaris, I already asked for a > correction in the interview. I made it general so that I won't have > to go into these specifics. But I would like to know more about the > need for Devpro:
You asked for a correction to an statement interview -- you should not even have made that statment to begin. You did not do research into the OpenSolaris situation, and you spread lies instead of spreading the truth. > Not free development environment that is REQUIRED to compile Solaris. > > Someone else showed me some text which seems to say that you can > also compile it with GCC. From http://opensolaris.org/os/downloads/on/: > > You will then need to download the compilers specific to your > platform . Choose either: > > * The Sun Studio Compilers (Recommended). NOTE: Sun > Studio 11 is required for building Build 45 and higher.... > > -or- > > * The GCC Compiler found in Solaris Express, Community > Edition build 22 or later. (Please see the gcc tools page for > more information if choosing this option.) > > However, I don't know precisely what question that is the answer to. > Maybe it doesn't apply to ALL the OpenSolaris software. > > Is there text that says that certain components can compile only > with Devpro? Richard, since you are a hypocrite who won't read web pages, let me show you just a few of the Sun non-source bits, pasted below, straight from Sun's page. - OpenSolaris 'recommends' that people use the following binary drivers from Sun. - OpenSolaris is missing the source code for hundreds of manual pages - Not all of the installer is free. You have to use non-free bits to even install the software. - Sun's X server and libraries are not available in source - Sun's graphic cards are undocumented and without source Richard, you are too stupid to go and learn FACTS before you open your big fat lying mouth. If you can't or won't do the research, why open your mouth? Why? Why? You'll go out of the way to build arbitrary Richard-rules to attack various projects like OpenBSD and Subversion, but then you make yourself look like a FOOL by not researching Sun's situation. You really make yourself look really really stupid. 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