Ian Murdock wrote:
2. With all the negative opinions about Linux around here, I'm surprised to have to say this, but: Multiple distributions without a reference for compatibility is *not* a feature of Linux we want to emulate! I know, I've spent the better part of the last 5 years trying to clean up the mess, with mixed results. It's far easier to create an ecosystem of compatible implementations if you *start* with a reference. All attempts at building a reference after the fact in Linux have been an abject failure.
But what is the purpose of such a reference ? To tell other people they are doing it wrong ? To be the supported platform people point to when an ISV starts porting their application ?
I don't think saying Linux is in a mess because it doesn't have one is fair here. OpenSolaris is very different it has Solaris as a legacy, and it conforms to standards that many Linux distros don't.
So what problem are you trying to solve here ? I just don't get it. -- Darren J Moffat _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
