[osol-mktg] Re: "... on OpenSolaris" is an oxymoron

[Eric Boutilier]

[ Adding cab-discuss to the Cc ]

> > OpenSolaris is a developer program built around the OpenSolaris
> > source-tree. But OpenSolaris is absolutely _not_ the name of an
> > operating system distro.
>
> But we're all in agreement of that's where we want to take the project
> long term? I guess I'd like to see someone state whether this is or
> isn't a desired long term goal?

I'll chime in.

First, just to be clear, I'm assuming that we're talking about a
reference core operating system release bearing the name OpenSolaris...

I think the answer to your question is that nobody's sure yet. But your
question suggests another really good question: Should Sun be the body
to decide if/when such a thing is released and exactly what it's
composed of? I hope not. I think that even though the word OpenSolaris
is a trademark of Sun (and even though IANAM[1]), it's safe to assume
that a serious, CAB-backed community consortium could define and drive
such a project (a reference core OS bearing the name OpenSolaris).

Eric

[1] I am not a manager
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