Sun Says Project Indiana is Not a Linux Copy

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.""

Comments

Re:Bummer...

[Anonymous Coward]

Mod me troll if you must

Good idea. I'm almost tempted to give you an "insightful" for that suggestion, but it'd rather detract from the "troll" rating.

This is Nice!

[miffo.swe]

What the world really needs is more OS players. Welcome SUN!

Re:Pithy Aphorism: "If you cannot beat them ..."

[kv9]

Otherwise, it's a toy OS, just like that Microsoft thing. what, Xenix?

Re:Sun as usual is copying IBM

[fimbulvetr]

I dont understand how Sun can be seen as innovative anymore. They just lurch this way and that, never following any kind of coherant strategy.

No need to try to reverse engineer their strategy, it's openly published:

http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.me dia/sunstrategy1.gif

Re:Pithy Aphorism: "If you cannot beat them ..."

[MarsDefenseMinister]

Good grief, you even KNEW I was trolling, and yet you still answered.

I know. I'm a Solaris bigot, actually. I do believe that only child molestors use Linux, so I do know that there are compilers included in Solaris.