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OpenSolaris Governing Board Closing Shop?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the so-it-comes-to-this dept.

echolinux writes "Frustrated by Oracle's refusal to interact with the OpenSolaris community or speak with the OpenSolaris Governing Board, the OGB has issued an ultimatum to Oracle: designate a liaison to the OGB by August 16th or the board will 'take action at the August 23 meeting to trigger the clause in the OGB charter that will return control of the community to Oracle.'"

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  1. It is obvious by codepunk · · Score: 0, Troll

    Look it is obvious, Oracle is putting a nail in anything having to do with Solaris. Get over it, move on and start migrating.

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    1. Re:It is obvious by negRo_slim · · Score: -1, Troll

      Look it is obvious, Oracle is putting a nail in anything having to do with Solaris. Get over it, move on and start migrating.

      And yet if MS was doing the same thing you'd lose your little mind.

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    2. Re:It is obvious by jemtallon · · Score: 0, Troll

      You know who else misrepresented his opponents positions? Hitler. >:)

  2. I'd just like to interject for a moment. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

    Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

    There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.