[OpenIndiana-discuss] How to tell for sure what bit your OS is?

Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
Fri May 26 18:39:04 UTC 2017


On 05/26/17 11:34 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> writes:
>
>> For the one I work on (not OI, but "Big Red"), we've been making
>> this conversion across 5+ years now, and are >90% done in our
>> development trunk, though much less done in what's been released so
>> far.  I've written far more about the topic for the terminally
>> curious at:
>
> I guess it might be inappropriate here... but I'm not finding anything
> with google on the terms Alan Coopersmith and Big Red.
>
> Is this slang or an insider name for an OS ... or what?

It's a slang term referring to the color of my employer's logo/branding,
much as IBM has long been "Big Blue"...

https://www.google.com/#q=Big+Red+Oracle

	-alan-



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