[chat] Re: [SLUG] Solaris OS

[Peter Hardy <peterhardy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 22:36, Scott Howard wrote:
> > It's kinda like Linux, only suits choose it first, and it's proprietary. It
> 
> Complete uninformed mindless drivel!

No.

> In what way is Solaris proprietary?

http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/licensing.html

The licencing of Solaris in no way conforms to anybody's idea of Free
Software (I'd mention http://www.debian.org/social_contract#guidelines
if debian wasn't also being mindlessly flamed this evening), therefore
it is proprietary.

> > You can install Sun's GNOME 1.4 preview, or Ximian GNOME (or build it from
> > source if you really have to). Sun won't be replacing CDE with GNOME until
> > one of the 9.x point releases.
> 
> Sun will _not_ be replacing CDE with Gnone anytime soon, and most likely
> not ever. They _will_ be including Gnone in addition to CDE in one of the
> Solaris 9 maintenance updates (which will not be a point release - Sun
> haven't done point releases for years).

I think what Jeff meant to say is that GNOME will be replacing CDE as
the default Solaris desktop.

http://searchsolaris.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid12_gci779013,00.html
"Chucri said Sun's ultimate goal is to make GNOME 2.0 the new default
desktop for Solaris."

Uninformed, indeed.

-- 
Peter
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