[rescue] [geeks] Solaris being discontinued? Rumors flying

[Andrew M Hoerter]

On 12/3/16 12:08, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> But I can't say I've ever liked FreeBSD as an OS.  It feels
> intentionally obtuse to me, and much of the FreeBSD community seems
> to take pride in having a userspace that seems to be ten to fifteen
> years behind the times.

If Linux is the standard-bearer of "modern" Unix user-land tools, then I 
prefer to remain in the past.

However, FreeBSD hasn't been entirely static in this area.  One 
interesting example which is pretty divergent from Unix tradition:

https://wiki.freebsd.org/SummerOfCode2014/MachineReadableFromUserlandUtils