[indiana-discuss] Re: [indiana] Name of Distro?

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Ian Murdock wrote:
> So, we should just rebrand Solaris Express OpenSolaris? I thought you wanted 
> it to be a community distribution? -ian

Ian -- All I can think of is you're referring to John here, right?

If not, please tell me how what you just said follows what
I've been saying? I fail to see it (not even close).

Eric

>
> Eric Boutilier wrote:
>> 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)
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