Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th May 2007 21:46 UTC
In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux. The project is one of the items on the to-do list of Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian version of Linux and, as of March, Sun's chief operating systems officer. Though he wouldn't confirm the name of the project, Murdock - who's from Indiana - discussed the project's essence at the JavaOne conference here Monday, and Sun spokesman Russ Castronovo confirmed the name.
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RE[4]: Consolidation of UNIX-like systems
by l3v1 on Thu 10th May 2007 06:21
in reply to "RE[3]: Consolidation of UNIX-like systems"
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I hate the GNU tools from a CLI usability standpoint. I really like some of the GNU tools for their capabilities. I hate some of the Solaris tools for their lack of capabilities. I really like the Solaris tools from a CLI usability standpoint.
Many GNU tools are starting to force long-options (--blah), when a single character will do. Long-options don't allow option clustering (-vld) and require significantly more typing. Many GNU tools are starting to break compatibility by disallowing options with any dashes (what the hell; why do I get an error when I use "ps -auxww" like I have for close to 20 years on UNIX?). Many GNU tools are starting to overload the functionality of commands, break the Unix simple tool model, and make it much more difficult to script complex tasks. There's also no consistency in GNU tools options (not that there's really a whole lot in Solaris either, but there is *more* consistency).