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Put a fork in it!
Sun is one of those companies responsible for the forking and unavailability of UNIX. Linux would not have existed, had Sun (and others) come up with a single UNIX - and made it available to hobbists. I wanted UNIX at home for many years, but to no avail - no one offered it! This was another part of the "perfect storm" that propelled Windoze to prominance. Having Sun open-source their OS flies in the face of what Linux is all about - the code is MINE and NOT anyone else's, and I can do with it WHAT I WANT.

Will the two mix well? I don't know. The Solaris Kernel is by far a more refined and "better" kernel than Linux has, but all the rest is same-old same-old. Using the Solaris kernel in a Linux distro would be the ultimate - which is why Sun forbids it . . .
Posted by: Roger Ramjet   Posted on: 01/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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I can't see the FSF accepting this licence...  Michael Kelly | 01/19/05
For personal use?  Roger Ramjet | 01/19/05
You won't be prosecuted because you won't be caught  Michael Kelly | 01/19/05
This will not work in the long run...  Mack DaNife | 01/19/05
Put a fork in it!  Roger Ramjet | 01/19/05
A couple of points...  B.O.F.H. | 01/19/05
Thanks, you're right.  Roger Ramjet | 01/19/05
Some history  B.O.F.H. | 01/19/05
Doomed to mediocrity ...  George Mitchell | 01/19/05

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