[indiana-discuss] Name of Distro?

[Eric Boutilier]

Yes, I agree on all counts.   --Eric

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, BVK Chaitanya wrote:
>
> Eric Boutilier <Eric.Boutilier at Sun.COM> writes:
>>
>> I'm wondering if there's a misunderstanding here. The meaning of "binary
>> distro" that Shawn has in mind might be very different from the meaning Alo
>> has in mind (I think). Based on his reply to BVK-Chaitanya (correct me if
>> I'm wrong), the OpenSolaris ISO download Alo has in mind would be a core
>> only, not really a traditional distro at all (because if it were, then what
>> does that mean for BeleniX, MarTUX, etc...). Instead it would be a
>> barebones thing (no desktop, no webstack, etc) intended for others to use
>> to create derivitives from (e.g. full-fledged distros like BeleniX, etc.)
>>
>
> It seems, not everyone is with the same opinion either. I didn't see Ian
> saying Indiana will be ONLY a core distro without any GNOME/KDE etc.
> stuff (or i missed such mail)
>
> The problem as i see is, Sun _wants_ to keep OpenSolaris trademark for
> himself and still wants to push a distro on that name through community.
> This doesn't look good. Sun should donate/give that trademark to the
> OpenSolaris community first and then should push for community based
> distro on OpenSolaris name.
>
> -- 
> bvk-chaitanya
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