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- From: jwa@yog-sothoth.dcrt.nih.gov (James W. Adams)
- Subject: Re: avoiding Solaris
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.163605.13490@alw.nih.gov>
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- Organization: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
- References: <BxwsK4.6Ko@VOA.GOV> <1992Nov18.161533.20891@alw.nih.gov> <15549@auspex-gw.auspex.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 16:36:05 GMT
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- In article <15549@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
- >The loss of the compiler isn't a reason for people to whine about SV vs.
- >BSD; it's a reason to complain about the lack of a compiler.
- >
- >Is there any other significant part of "the useful UNIX applications
- >environment" that you lose by going from SunOS 4.x to SunOS 5.x, and
- >that can properly be blamed on SVR4? (No comments from people who've
- >never seen SVR4, and are just extrapolating based on earlier SV
- >releases, please.)
-
- There seem to be several "debates," then. What I think underlies many
- people's concerns (other than those who are just complaining about *any*
- change) is the perceived threat of Sun (and some other vendors as well)
- deciding to eliminate most of the traditional UNIX utilities and
- functionality as "unnecessary" for shrink-wrap business applications,
- and unbundling many of the drivers and support libraries which now come
- with the system.
-
- Whether or not one supports this as a logical business move, this would
- destroy the traditional UNIX environment and leave a lot of technical
- users scrambling for support. This would represent a major departure
- from the "UNIX philosophy" of providing a rich selection of modular
- tools that can be combined to accomplish a variety of tasks.
-
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