On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 02:39 -0700, UNIX admin wrote: > > 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. > > I *hate* making assumptions. Which is why I did ask these questions > already, long before I made this post. > > > That'd be SGI, I guess. ;-} > > Just because the company was ruined by its management, doesn't > automatically mean that the engineers working there were somehow > incompetent. > > And let me be quite honest: if IRIX were ever to be open sourced, > OpenSolaris wouldn't stand a chance. > > For all his slickness, OpenSolaris is like a Concord compared to a > Stealth fighter as far as Solaris vs. IRIX comparison is concerned.
Hmm, it would be nice for the GUI from IRIX to be opensourced though. Matthew _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
