[osol-mktg] 10 most important things about OpenSolaris

[Sean Sprague]

Dennis!

[Snippage...]

> (1) its free.  like as in while I pour you this drink you can go
> download real Solaris
> and install it if you want and it has the power of a freight train. 
> Oh and you can
> get the source code also.
> 
> I know that I use this "freight train" thing way too often but its
> bloody true.
> 
> (2) you can build the latest rev yourself by following some simple steps.
> 
> (3) it runs like a gazelle that just spotted a lion.  Really, no way,
> it rocks for
>     power.  More important is that you can grab some old box and install it.
> 
>   see : http://www.blastwave.org/dclarke/stuff/sol10/book.html
>       its a work in progress
> 
> (4) Sun isn't Sun anymore.  They're Sun now.  You don't need a million bucks
>     to get someone to listen to you.  They have rockin' fast hardware for like
>     half the price of clunkers from Dell.
> 
>     Yes that is on x86.  64-bit AMD Opteron actually.
> 
>      And Sun still has a really big lab and smart guys that do real
> research and
>     they create these really cool chips and SunRay things that allow you to put
>     a computer where there isn't any and it doesn't need a hard drive
> or anything.
> 
> (5) There is a large community of people that will be there to help
> you and get you
>     started.  You can join up at OpenSolaris.org and drop in on old
> and well established
>     mail lists and be a complete fall on your face newbie.  No one
> will hack on you
>     ( not much ) and you can just do what you want to get up and running.

Agreed on all of the above, and to make it up to the 10, maybe:

6) You can start your own OpenSolaris User Group! Put up 
posters! Send out flyers! Just think Blues Brothers; but 
maybe avoid the use of child labour ;-) You don't need any 
qualifications to do so; and you may find that there are 
many folks in your area who are keen to show up. Our 
friendly Community Manager Jim Grisanzio will welcome you 
with open (sic) arms...

7) We have a Community Advisory Board made up of guys inside 
and outside of Sun, who are all pulling together to make 
sure that OpenSolaris does not go off the rails, or get 
hijacked.

8) We got a hot cutting-edge source browser that will find 
any needle in that code-haystack...

9) Make your mark OpenSolaris! Take on a "bite-sized" 
existing bug from the bugs database, or raise an RFE for a 
new feature, and working with a sponsor in Sun, get your own 
code into OpenSolaris!

10) Make your own OpenSolaris-based distro! The ultimate 
ego-trip! See your name in lights on a LiveCD! There are 
guys out there in the OpenSolaris Community who have done 
this stuff, and will be only too happy to help you out!

I know that it was supposed to be 5 (or 10 from the subject 
line of LKR's original mail), but the "while my Guinness is 
settling" analogy is spot on.

Agreed completely on the Blastwave plug. I thought you used 
to have an OpenSolaris banner on the Blastwave homepage?

Regards... Sean.
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