[indiana-discuss] Quick brainstorm on the 'Welcome to...' guide

[W. Wayne Liauh]

> 
> 
> Ken Mays wrote:
> >> What would you expect to see? Is there anything
> missing? Would you provide
> >> >local links in the web-page, or could you simply
> package up some useful
> >> start up >guide like the OpenSolaris mini-book?
> > 
> > Glynn,
> > 
> > Ref:
>  http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_Sum
> it
> > 
> > I wrote the 'unofficial' proposed Summit agenda I
> posted on the OpenSolaris
> > Summit 2008 Wiki which could spawn a few beer
> bubbles on topics that you can
> > cover in the Welcome guide.
> > 
> > Hey, maybe an updated topic on 'ZFS to the Max'
> (Backup/Restore?). ;o)
> 
> From the responses to this thread (thanks to
>  everyone who contributed), it 
> ooks like an ideal topic to bring up at the developer
> summit, and start 
> collecting some of these ideas in a wiki. Good
> suggestion Ken.
> 
> Having talked to a few people, I think that we should
> try and assume something 
> more simple for a number of reasons
> 
> - our inability to be able to cover all our target
> t users
> 	  (users, sys admins, developers, ...)
> 	- the readability of long vs short
> 	- the non-availability of some of these guides
> 	- release timing for May
> 
> Not only this, but the benefits of network
> connectivity also mean that we have 
> the potential to dynamically change the real value
> content well after the 
> product has shifted.
> 
> I've put together a mockup of what may be a better
> option [1] -
> 
> 
> ttp://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-dot-com/installe
> d2.html
> 
> and would welcome feedback.
> 
> 
> 
> Glynn
> 
> [1] For example, Ubuntu's page looks like
> 
>      http://www.gnome.org/~gman/ubuntu-welcome.html
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I guess I am beginning to wonder what's the purpose of Indiana?
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