[advocacy-discuss] How about NOT giving any one distro the exclusive name "OpenSolaris" (was Re: Indiana as the OpenSolaris xxxx distro )

[Nicolas Dorfsman]

Le 23 oct. 07 à 04:57, Glynn Foster a écrit :

>> They can today (From http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/ ):
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
>> ----------------
>> Using OpenSolaris
>>
>> If you want to run a distribution based on OpenSolaris, choose one of
>> these available options:
>
> And then they're presented with a choice of 6 distributions,  
> without any clear
> idea of what they should choose. So when they expected a one-click  
> 'Download
> OpenSolaris' experience, they've reached another hurdle of figuring  
> out why they
> should download one over the other.

one-click download experience ? What are we talking about ? Some new  
player-plugin for a browser or a complete OS ?


> We keep telling ourselves that we need to provide choice. Choice is  
> good. But
> sometimes it's far better to make that choice for the user, and  
> focus on the
> best user experience possible.

Ok. So let's try to do something like java.com based on arch where  
the browser is running.
Which distro should be automagically suggested ?

I'm not sure the problem is between something called "The OpenSolaris  
distro" and someting called "Nevada".
IMHO this question is raised by the fact that there is TWO Sun  
distros ! And their names are uncredibly long.

I'm working on Solaris and with OpenSource products since many many  
years...and each time I want to download or talk about Sun distros, I  
have a doubt !
We should have only one Sun distro.   SXCE should be called  
"experimental" or "beta"...find any word which could freighten  
newbies and attract geek !

Ahem...did I forgot something ? Well..there is 3 Sun distros ! So ?  
What would be the future of Solaris ?
Ahah! It's the time to talk about "Built on OpenSolaris" or "Proud to  
be built on OpenSolaris".
You're right things are really unclear for people...OpenSolaris on  
one side, Solaris on another side ???? Is there Open Solaris and  
Close Solaris ? Which one is close to me ?? ;)

> Arguably we could be another Ubuntu, and create our own individual  
> brand, but I
> think that it's unfortunate we will have undone 2 years to create a  
> community
> around the OpenSolaris brand, and choosing another will dilute the  
> tie back into
> the technology that builds it and opportunity for growing our  
> contributor base.

Where is exactly the issue ? I'm confused now.
OpenSolaris project could provide an "easy" one-click download  
experience...this does not imply to decide which distro will own the  
"OpenSolaris flag".




Nico