Comments on: Sun supper offer appeals to Torvalds

Linux leader seems inclined to take Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz up on his dinner offer, so at least one cultural barrier separating Linux and Solaris may be lowering.

[dani miller]

Truely open Source

Lets open up our hearts to repent* and return to the source the Creator of Heaven(the spiritual) and Earth(the physical).

*for sins in this life and past lives and whether known to us or not and also regret all the negative consequences of our sins.

[ethana2]

Well, um...

If that's scripture, a reference would be nice. If it's not, well, you may have mastered the dialect ;)

Anyhow, I think it's important to realize that, indeed, God is an open source of a good many things. However, it may also be nice to have your thought on the topic at hand in a more direct sense, if you have any.

[ethana2]

My 2¢.

(If you noticed the little ¢ character, it's (altgr+4) in my colemak keyboard layout. www.colemak.com) ;)

Anyway, I think it'd be fascinating to see some kind of merger here... I have to say that I kind of view open solaris and bsd as kind of, well, wastes of effort- you know, on the entire "divide and conquer" principle. I guess I'd like to see one perfect OS that everyone can use, and until we're to that point, I'd kind of prefer most people to work on enhancing that particular platform. Alas, it is not left to me to determine where other people's efforts go, and I suppose it is of some value that bsd is under the license it is.

Still, I can't say I see the point of having two mutually exclusive OS'es under the same license. Perhaps we could see a unified kernel API? What if over the next few years we see multi-kernel distros? Like, boot from install disk using the linux kernel, select your DE, your kernel, etc.

I'd have to say I'd probably go with KDE, Linux, and Beryl as the default window manager... but it would be an interesting option. I guess what I mean to say is that I would like binary compatibility between the Open Solaris and Linux kernels. I just don't know how hard that would be to achieve, or really, if it has already been done or what...

I have to say that Sun is one of the few companies that really pleases me with their licenses in general, so, props to them. Perhaps if they had dinners with Torvalds more often we could see some interesting developments.

[mjg_01]

Very, very, in...ter...esting

Linus uses _underscores_ for emphasis, instead of using CAPS. I never did like using caps, since it felt like I was YELLING. I'm following Linus...again--Linux (Ubuntu Linux) works great on the desktop.

Michael
www.code4life.com

[sr54321]

Dinner Party

This is like Don Giovanni 2.0. The only question is who will end up being the Il Commendatore...

[t8]

Don't forget the Open Sauce

Don't forget Open Sauce. Closed Sauce bottles not allowed. Besides how can you really taste it when the bottle is closed.