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Solaris vs Linux Continues

Posted by Hemos on from the the-real-server-battle dept.

raffe writes "Solaris Kernel Developer Eric Schrock is bloging more about the Solaris vs. Linux issue and linux kernel moneky Greg is answering on his blog. Eric's first part is is also still up and Greg's answer " Another reader also submitted reviews of the Linux desktop vs. Solaris 9. User reviews are welcome; please note that ITMJ is part of OSTG like Slashdot.

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  1. Emphasis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Eric's first part is is also still up

    What?
    More emphasis on is is not going to make us RTFA!

  2. Re:Only 1 Concern in Greg's Solid Reply by dubious9 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    a Linux feature that she developed

    Ok, offtopic here, but why do some people insist on using 'she' where the sex of the anticedant is unspecified? I'm not sexist or anything but it's just bad grammar. Can we agree on a real word that fits the unspecified sex pronoun? He/she is horribly awkward. And then you're assigning preferance as to order. I'm not sure why people get all riled up when people use 'he'. Get over it, it's proper english.

    While the feminist cause has done a great many things and still has a ways to go (ie the disproportionate pay problem) it often inspires reverse sexism and male-hating. As far as I'm concerned using 'she' in that fashion is just as bad as saying 'herstory' instead of history.

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  3. screenshots by minus_273 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    man those screenshots are HOT. Hello 1994.

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  4. Re:Only 1 Concern in Greg's Solid Reply by slipstick · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You need to cut back on the caffeine.

    Using 'she' in this context is not particularly onerous to the comprehensibility(is that a word?) of the sentence. It's quite possible the post was written by a woman in which case the use of 'she' would be most appropriate from her point of view. In fact the only time I assume political correctness in such a situation is when I know the writer is male and they are going out of their way to use 'she'.

    As far as I know the construct 'he/she' is not recognized as 'proper' useage anywhere in the english speaking world. The proper useage is either 'he' or 'she' and stick with it in the subject matter. Flipping between the two is also bad form.

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