[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] [advocacy-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

[Joerg Schilling]

Ian Murdock <Ian.Murdock at Sun.COM> wrote:

> James Carlson wrote:
> > Jim Grisanzio writes:
> >> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have no problem if Sun would start to publish something called:
> >>> "Sun OpenSolaris ...."
> >> Why would "Sun OpenSolaris" make sense? Actually, that expression has 
> >> been used (incorrectly) in the media, and it's only added to the 
> >> confusion. Also, isn't it a benefit for the distros to share in the use 
> >> of the brand?
> > 
> > I think it makes a lot of sense, by analogy to Linux.  You can't
> > "install Linux" -- without getting an immediate "which one?" question.
>
> You see this as a feature? Spend any time trying to build products
> for or around "Linux", and you'll quickly start to see it as a bug.

We do not need to discuss whether it is a feature or not.

It is too late to avoid the same for OpenSolaris as Sun did miss the chance
to cooperate with SchilliX 2.5 years ago.

We already have more than _one_ single OpenSolaris distribution, you cannot
roll back the years.

Jörg

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