On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, David Grove wrote:
> Add Solaris 8 1/01 to the list of OS's that have
> completely rejected 5.6, as I discovered last night,
This is quite unfair. Sun has supported perl nicely and Sun employees
have actively contributed to 5.6.0 and beyond. That Solaris 8 included
5.005_03 and not 5.6.0 is due to a range of factors, including the very
long lead time for *any* such bundling to be developed and tested. The
timescales of corporations like Sun are not the same as those commonly
encountered in the open software arena.
It is quite possible that 5.6.1 will be included in future versions of
Solaris.
> corporate interests now in firm control of Perl 5.
I don't think this is accurate either. I certainly don't see any
evidence of Jarkko pressing any particular corporate interest. Nor is
this list the appropriate place to make such charges.
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Andy Dougherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dept. of Physics
Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042
