[indiana-discuss] Name of Distro?

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, John Sonnenschein wrote:
> On 6/21/07, Ian Murdock <Ian.Murdock at sun.com> wrote:
> I'm not at all opposed to multiple distributions as long as
>> they're compatible with each other. And even if they're not, that's fine
>> too, as long as they're not called OpenSolaris (which implies
>> compatibility--to earlier points, lineage from a common source
>> base doesn't mean much).
>
> So if it's compatibility you're after, why not just call Solaris
> Express: (Community|Developer) Edition "OpenSolaris", after all, it's
> the one which most closely resembles Solaris, and call Indiana
> something else?

Good point. What keeps happening (for a month now) is broken-record
syndrome. It goes like this:

     "The problem is, Solaris Express today isn't friendly
     enough. The solution is obvious, it needs to be phased
     out in favor of a more Linux friendly Solaris Express."

That quickly grows to a rally cry. Subsequently a few flesh-and-blood
Nevada engineers surface here for a moment and pose concerns mostly about
execution. Not surprisingly (considering the source of these posts) those
concerns are pretty irrefutable, and as such, go unanswered. The engineer
says to him/herself: "Hmm, ok, I guess that's that", and he/she
un-surfaces. (Which is to say, tunes out indiana-discuss so they can direct
their energies to their regular project work -- but remains on standby until
their insights are needed again.)

- Then, lo and behold, after a little while, the point is repeated here as
   if for the 1st time:

     "The problem is, Solaris Express today isn't friendly
     enough. The solution is obvious, it needs to be phased
     out in favor of a more Linux friendly Solaris Express."

That quickly grows to a rally cry. Subsequently a few flesh-and-blood
Nevada engineers surface here for a moment and pose concerns mostly about
execution... [their concerns go unanswered ], etc..

- Then, lo and behold, after a little while, the point is repeated here as
   if for the 1st time:

     "The problem is, Solaris Express today isn't friendly enough, etc..."

(repeat ad-nauseum)