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Sun Says Project Indiana is Not a Linux Copy

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-we-say-so dept.

eldavojohn writes "Ian Murdock (Debian author & Sun's OS Chief) made some comments about Project Indiana that many have said is an attempt to make Solaris simply "more Linux-like." But Murdock quashes any concerns that this is just another Linux clone — muddying up the waters of distribution selection. He says that it's more a 'best of both worlds' attempt to make an OS that appeals to a broader audience. From the article, "Project Indiana will include a revamped package management system, which should prove popular with developers unaccustomed to Solaris. The OS has some clunky, archaic aspects, and Murdock thinks the new package system will modernize Solaris.""

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  1. Re:Pithy Aphorism: "If you cannot beat them ..." by MarsDefenseMinister · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    When Solaris installs a full C compiler as a default part of the installation, then I might consider it as a serious operating system. Otherwise, it's a toy OS, just like that Microsoft thing.

    Now, I'll sit back and see who takes this post seriously and posts an outlandish reply, despite the fact that it's an over the top post, and I'm practically telling them what I'm doing here. Now, this needs to be the middle paragraph so that lazy readers might skip it, instead only looking at the first and last paragraph. So, I'll just make a new paragraph here which says.

    Solaris just plain sucks.

    --
    No weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men.-Ronald Reagan
  2. Re:Sun as usual is copying IBM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    calling OS X insecure is like calling fimbulvetr "ungay"

    (You fucking linux faggot burn in hell!)