[OpenIndiana-discuss] [oi-dev] Updated OpenIndiana FAQ

[Michael Kruger]

On 01/31/2016 03:31 PM, Johan S wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:33:24 +0100
> Aurélien Larcher <aurelien.larcher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I don t find the comparison useful ... i mean how useful is it ...?
>>> Linux was written from scratch ... by Hp Ibm SGI and lot
>>> of companies .
>>> This is absolutely irrelevant and could only lead to flamewar...
>>> Documentation is not a fair place for any kind of propaganda...
>>> My 2 cts
>>>
>>
>> I agree with Johan, I do not think this is meaningful for the handbook.
>> People running Linux do not care about reading about Linux in the FAQ and
>> people who do not know about Linux (if any) may just benefit from the
>> knowledge that illumos/*BSD/Linux follow the UNIX paradigm with slight
>> differences.
>> Discussions about origins, who funded what, ideology vs change of business
>> model etc.. are off-topic.
>>
>> The difference worth mentioning may be that illumos is not just a kernel
>> unlike Linux (system approach like *BSDs vs Linux-type loose coupling ?).
>>
>>
>
> Thanks , i had been using AT&T Unix, BSD*  and Linux for more than 20 years.
> Nowadays people often get more confused calling Unix where they should call
> it Linux and vice versa.. just have a look in employment offers :-)
> Working with superdome involves HPUX knowledge not Redhat , working on Onyx
> requires knowing IRIX which is BSD...
> Keep things simple and avoid flamewars :-)
> I would prefer reading somewhat like "Illumos has direct roots from Unix and
> therefore is more than just an Unix like"
> But then again is documentation the right place for philosophy ?
> Eventually one can lead the reader to historical materials ... :-)
>

Agreed....it's not a useful comparison....marked for deprecation;-)

Writing this, I had no idea this one section would generate so many 
comments.

Happy to hear all the responses though:-)

Michael