Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 06, 2005 09:24 AM
Another side issue is that some of these developers might not want to work on Linux. Linux doesn't have stable ABI or even API constraints like solaris does.
It seems to me that Linux might not be the codebase that people who've worked at Sun would appreciate.
They might also have issue with the fact that linux is a culture of constant redesign and rewrite, generally at the same time. While much of the codebase is stable working release, much of it also seems to be in near permanent beta.
While the Linux kernel already massive resources working on it. It could also be argued that most of those resources are wasted. Linux is a massive achievement, but its not necessarily the foreordained prophecy of the third coming.
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Re:Sun is DOOMED
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 06, 2005 09:24 AMIt seems to me that Linux might not be the codebase that people who've worked at Sun would appreciate.
They might also have issue with the fact that linux is a culture of constant redesign and rewrite, generally at the same time. While much of the codebase is stable working release, much of it also seems to be in near permanent beta.
While the Linux kernel already massive resources working on it. It could also be argued that most of those resources are wasted. Linux is a massive achievement, but its not necessarily the foreordained prophecy of the third coming.
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