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Solaris Might Become LSB-compliant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the isn't-it-ironic dept.

lvv writes "Register: according to Sun's Jonathan Schwartz, Solaris - one of the most proprietary Unixes, might become LSB compliant OpenSolaris. Also some info about future of Solaris desktop (Gnome)."

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  1. Darn... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    For a second there I thought it said "LSD-compliant"... how cool would it have been to be able to hear the video output and see the audio output?

  2. wait a minite by JamesCronus · · Score: 5, Funny

    hang on, solaris, becomeing linux compliant???? eh???????? i thought solaris, being UNIX was posix complient, and so didnt need to be LSB compliant. hang on wont this turn solaris into a linux clone, but linux is a unix clone................ i'm gonna go and lie down, i think i'm dreaming

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  3. O.K.! by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think that this will finally earn them the right to increment a Major Version Number!

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    1. Re:O.K.! by Faggot · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, that and the fact that they've run out of decimal space for SunOS 5.X. And suits don't speak hex.

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  4. In related news... by steveadept · · Score: 5, Funny

    In another fantastic display of pandering, Schwartz noted, "OpenSolaris will be based on UnitedLinux, because that's the direction everybody's going, isn't it? Isn't it?"

  5. No, I think that was BSD by cyber_rigger · · Score: 2, Funny

    "2 things to come out of Berkley: Unix and LSD"

  6. Big Endian or Litle Endian? by Snork+Asaurus · · Score: 5, Funny
    Solaris Might Become LSB-compliant

    Is Solaris already compliant with all the other bits?

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  7. I don't get it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    What does this have to do with least significant bits?

  8. Least significant bit by DahGhostfacedFiddlah · · Score: 5, Funny

    Until now, Solaris has been based on MSB (Most Significant Bit) technology, which made it incompatible with many PC devices. For instance, you couldn't network a Solaris and PC machine without going to the TCP/IP level, because what would leave the Solaris machine as

    11100000 00000111

    woule return as

    00000111 11100000

    As you can tell, this was a major PITA. I, for one, am glad that I'll be able to use all my favourite hardware on my Solaris machine now.

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