[advocacy-discuss] The OpenSolaris "Attitude"

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On 9/22/07, Jim Grisanzio <Jim.Grisanzio at sun.com> wrote:
> > Hmmm.... I think what I think that it should end up with something like
> > "You don't have to play with Penguins anymore, OpenSolaris is here."
>
> Ok, so this is the competitive angle here. :)
>
> I've been trying to down play this for four years (actually longer than
> that)

I have liked your blogs/mails for that :)

> because it gets really nasty and I end up losing sleep. :) Also,
> various Open Source folks have told me over the years that to be
> competitive with Linux simply will not work and it's bad for community.
>

The flame part is the attitude inherited from Solaris. It is not
something that has naturally emerged in OpenSolaris.
I see some flames from linux kernel side but not from the
linux_distros side of the community (leave the linux based corporates
out). It has been localised to a small subset of LKML members.

On the other hand I see *some* from OpenSolaris flaming linux kernel
or more often the linux distros :(

OpenSolaris(distros) directly or indirectly benefits from the work
done for distros like debian/ubuntu/gentoo/fedora.
There is lot more space for co-operation than competition at distro
level. But unfortunately the current widely used OpenSolaris distro SX
has lot more of the Solaris attitude for obvious reasons.

>
> One thing a good competition brings is focus. And that brings people
> together. And from that, leadership and a cultural attitude can clearly
> emerge.
>

More true for corporate driven setups than community driven
ones...Competition as a motivational factor is likely to take a lesser
prio.

-Shiv