[osol-discuss] An Open Letter to the Solaris Community.

[Jim Grisanzio]

Jim Walker wrote:
>> On 30/07/07, Korey Peters <koreyjunkmail at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It is true that users alone will not make Open
>>> Solaris into a great product, but they are the final
>>> judge of its success.  The Open Solaris community
>>> must remember who will use their software when the
>>> development is done: the user.
>> Is Solaris really trying to be the best desktop OS?
>> That seems a *really* odd direction to  push in,
>> given its obvious superiority on the server end.
>>
> 
> I remember in my OS class at Purdue University, as we worked
> with the XINU [1] operating system,  that my professor, Douglas
> Comer, challenged us to think bigger, by thinking smaller. 
> When asked on a test, if we thought XINU would be suitable for a
> single user, few of us answered yes. We couldn't imagine one of
> our computers supporting anything less than 20 or more people.
> 
> We were wrong. 
> 
> There is no reason why a good OS can't be used everywhere. I
> use Solaris on my desktop everyday. I think 40% is too small. We
> should shoot for 100% of the desktop market.


Now there's some thinking I can get behind! :) Totally agree.

Jim
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