Phil Harman writes: > On 6 Sep 2007, at 09:16, UNIX admin wrote: > > It's not just cdrecord versus cdrw. You can clearly see the NIH > > syndrome in packaging and Caiman projects too. Dave Miner did some > > truly awesome work, but not once did anybody think to stop and > > study how other UNIX companies successfully solved the same > > problems Sun faced or faces now, years and years before Sun. > > Don't confuse conservatism and inertia with NIH. When Sun adopted > SVR4 packaging, just about the only alternative was CPIO.
Also, don't assume that failing to adopt those not-invented-here things means that either we're ignorant of them or that we didn't bother giving them serious consideration. Instead, I suggest asking the people involved (hint: they're not all on this noisy mailing list) whether they considered your favorite answer, and why it wasn't selected. > And maybe we don't always agree that the problem has been solved > successfully by others. Anyway, where are all these incredibly > successful UNIX companies of which you speak? That'd be SGI, I guess. ;-} -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
