[advocacy-discuss] OpenSolaris Branding Guidelines - an alternate proposal

[Martin Bochnig]

Simon Phipps wrote:
> Apologies, catching up after three contented days of exploring  
> national parks.
>
> On Oct 20, 2007, at 10:01, Stephen Lau wrote:
>
>   
>> We are not like Ubuntu in that our projects and our code target  
>> multiple distributions.  The work happening on Ubuntu's site  
>> ostensibly is all targeted towards Ubuntu.  The work happening on  
>> OpenSolaris.org targets multiple consolidations, multiple projects,  
>> and multiple distributions.
>>     
>
> Except Ubuntu does result in multiple distributions - Edubuntu,  
> Kubuntu, Gobuntu, xubuntu to name but four.
>
> As for not drawing parallels; I agree to the extent that we should  
> not actively model ourselves on another community. I believe that  
> highlighting the mis-match of expectations in the cases where some  
> people assert OpenSolaris is "just like the Linux kernel" as others  
> have done is important though. We are at a turning-point in the  
> OpenSolaris community, since it's clear (to me at least) that our  
> initial assumption of a kernel-based community with many external  
> distributions is no longer a good model. This is not least because  
> (as Ian points out) it fails to deliver the easy ability for there to  
> be a large pool of compatible applications.
>
> S.
>   

Finally, this sounds like you do not want anybody else to create their 
own distribution?
What would be, if Blastwave was going to create and maintain a mature one.
And why do you prefer spending lots of time and money for re-inventing 
the wheel, rather than building on what Blastwave or Nextenda have 
already achieved, in several decades of "free" engineering-man-power?


Just my thoughts.

%martin B.