On Mon, 10 May 2010 08:08:45 -0700, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> wrote: > Rob McMahon wrote: >> On 10/05/2010 14:15, Dave Johnson wrote: >>>> >>> Here is the evidence: >>> >> Note the date on this one. Wasn't this before the Oracle takeover ? >>> Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 6:01 PM > > Yes - the plan to modernize /usr/bin and eventually get rid of the need > to have /usr/gnu/bin first in the $PATH to provide a modern experience > has been around since far before the Oracle acquisition - dating back to > the start of Project Indiana pretty much. > > BTW, if it was true that every /usr/bin utility was going to be replaced > by a GNU one, would there have been a half dozen bug fixes to the Solaris > version of tar over the past couple of months?
"Dave Johnson" has demonstrated that he has a huge axe to grind; his previous post, also spammed to multiple lists, was entitled "Oracle forces Opera.com out of Solaris", and of dubious veracity: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=128617 -Albert _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
