[advocacy-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Re: What *is* OpenSolaris about?

[Jim Grisanzio]

Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
> Hmm, sex, drugs and rock 'n roll :-)
> 
> One would assume that since there isn't that "what is Opensolaris all about" means that it is what ever you as an individual want it to be - you want to port it to your toaster or roaster - great. You want to run it as a desktop operating system - hey, what ever floats your boat. Want to simulate a nuclear blast - hey, what every turns you on.

Well, I think we certainly have stuff outlining what we are all about, 
but what I think Darren was suggesting is that we ought to update some 
of it. It's old. Keep in mind that a lot of that stuff was written when 
there really wasn't much of a community, but in the last two years a lot 
of people came by. That's cool. So, sure, let's discuss it.

> Personally, for me, I think having things like 'what is it all about' limits the scope, and what you end up having is a ingrained pigeon hole which serves only to limit the growth of the operating system by putting an arbitrary frame to say, "this is what the OS is for, and only for that". Solaris already has a 'reputation' for being a 'server only operating system' (quotations added for a reason), we certainly don't need to compound it further.

I agree. We don't want to limit ourselves, but I think we could be a bit 
more inspirational along the way, don't you think? As we specify what 
OpenSolaris is right now, we should also explore what's possible in the 
future. OpenSolaris is different. We ought to celebrate those 
differences and describe them passionately so we inspire others. 
Something like that. :)

People are contributing to Darren's thread now on advocacy-discuss:
http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=33665&tstart=0

Jim
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