Sun Says Project Indiana is Not a Linux Copy

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday July 29, 2007 @04:45AM 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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Good Gnus? by otis+wildflower · 2007-07-29 05:27 · Score: 4, Insightful

Beyond fixing software distribution and pkg mgmt (which is lonnnnngggg overdue!!), how about making GNU utils the default and tossing the archaic Solaris versions of common tools into some compat directory? If the GNU tool doesn't support some Solarisism (like, say, RBAC or extended attributes), hack the GNU tool and release the change as GPL.

Oh, and while you're refactoring, please fix JES. It is a clusterfuck mess, particularly the Delegated Administrator.