[OpenIndiana-discuss] Update info?

[Blake]

I'm glad we are discussing our appeal (or lack of it) to devs.  I don't care
so much about the specifics of how we stay sexy, just that we do it.

If you work with developers who haven't grown up on Solaris, ask them to try
it and see how they like it :)  We can improve.

Ok - back to work ....

On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:09 PM, David <nonot100 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Richard L. Hamilton <rlhamil at smart.net>
> wrote:
> > Presumably there's a balance with this, as with most things.
> >
> > But giving in is not without costs.  Making the quarterly look good often
> leaves one out of position for the long haul.
> >
> > Maybe one could do both.  Use familiarity tools, but _only_ as a
> temporary measure, while concurrently encouraging native familiarity.
>  Encourage standards (and the isolation of code that needs to use
> non-portable features).  Clean code costs less to maintain, gets a better
> reputation, and is an insurance policy when the hot platform changes and
> porting is needed.
> >
> >
>
> Having a nice "out-of-box experience" for developers does not
> necessarily mean providing the old tools.  That was not my point.
>
> Just a clear, obvious, and guided path to apply existing knowledge and
> habits to the new environment.
>
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