If you read carefully, it runs on WebKit, but uses OS X to show it off. They've already got it working in a browser, some enterprising soul will just need to generate a small WebKit component to run it on another OS.

The kind of person that loves-vim-long-time is probably not looking for a graphic-enhanced shell, either.

There are other operating systems beyond Windows and OS X. Linux is one of many with a miniscule desktop market share. FreeBSD is another contender, and to drop support completely is short sighted with little benefit. Interface with abstractions, maybe create the Linux interface to that abstraction, and allow others to interface to those abstractions. Two birds, one stone.

Here's me, wishing I had mod points.

You share a credit rating?

a) It's Perl, not PERL
b) Given the code I've been slogging through the last few years, it seems Perl is no more "write only" than PHP, Java, or C.

I would be curious why someone would combine a lack of local privileges with the inability to remotely administer those workstations.

So, because ext3 implementations on other OSes are slow, that means ext3 is slow? Got it.

Try running ZFS on FreeBSD, or better yet, on the original OS: Solaris.

Hm. I've always seen power as the most expensive part of an enterprise deployment -- see also why these companies are building data centers in cheap-power areas.

Fair enough ;)

I think it's better than most desktop keyboards. The only exception is if you're one of those people who still hangs on to their clicky IBM AT keyboard, or if you like those freaky 'natural' keyboards.

Never used a ThinkPad, eh?

It's not hard to be incompatible with the GPL. The GPL prohibits a lot of actions. Good for some, not for others.

No, Sun used the CDDL because they hate the restrictions on GPL. The sharing issues go both ways, Sun wanted to keep some ownership. It's not like the BSD license exists just to spite GPL.

Submitter asked about Java, which takes care of half the equation. Some enterprise shops are C#, some shops are Java. Not everyone wants to deploy on Windows.