Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on December 07, 2005 01:06 AM
This looks to me like it will end up similar to Apple's Darwin--used by a few Solaris die-hards, but not very much beyond that.
If we need live CD's, we already have Knoppix, Damn Small Linux, and several others. Someone has even made a live CD out of OpenBSD. We already *have* the functionality...*now*...and that which we have is just getting better and better as time goes on. GNU/Linux and *BSD are already Free--and excellent--platforms.
I just don't see why someone outside of Sun, or a few Solaris die-hards, would waste time hacking on this "OpenSolaris" project given what we already have. Beyond a "cuz I can" motivation--which is a noble one, mind you--can someone describe why anyone would bother with OpenSolaris?
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Given GNU/Linux and *BSD, what's the point?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on December 07, 2005 01:06 AMIf we need live CD's, we already have Knoppix, Damn Small Linux, and several others. Someone has even made a live CD out of OpenBSD. We already *have* the functionality...*now*...and that which we have is just getting better and better as time goes on. GNU/Linux and *BSD are already Free--and excellent--platforms.
I just don't see why someone outside of Sun, or a few Solaris die-hards, would waste time hacking on this "OpenSolaris" project given what we already have. Beyond a "cuz I can" motivation--which is a noble one, mind you--can someone describe why anyone would bother with OpenSolaris?
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