[osol-mktg] Sponsor Project Indiana

[Patrick Finch]

I agree on sponsoring.

Concerning nomenclature: if I understand concerns about using the name 
"OpenSolaris" as part / all of the name of a disto,  they are 2-fold:

i. Deprecates (unfairly) other OpenSolaris distros, and the excellent 
work which has gone into creating them

ii. Redefines what OpenSolaris is, from a code base and community to 
code base, community and a bootable OS, to the point where the name 
"OpenSolaris" is loaded with too much meaning.

 From my point of view, if we are talking about attracting users, the 
second is not a concern.

While we may have consistently said that OpenSolaris is not a bootable 
operating system, but a code base and a community, that does not mean 
that this could not or should not change.  Further, the expectation 
remains that there be a concise answer to the question, "how do I boot 
OpenSolaris?".

For that reason I am more concerned about the status of other distros.


Patrick



Stephen Lau wrote:
> I'm not a core contributor to either community, so my vote is
> meaningless - but as long as the distribution doesn't call itself
> "OpenSolaris" as has been tossed around, I agree in principle.  
> 
> The goals and objectives of the project are worthy and good (for
> whatever my opinion is worth), I'm just wary of something that will
> attempt to overload and redefine what "OpenSolaris" is.
> 
> cheers,
> steve
> 
> On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:51:37AM +0900, Jim Grisanzio wrote:
>> /sending to both lists due to the possible merger of the Marketing and 
>> User Group communities/
>>
>>
>> hey ...
>>
>> I'd like to suggest that the Marketing Community and/or the User Group 
>> Community endorse Glynn's Project Indiana proposal:
>>
>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-May/000555.html
>>
>> The team needs a sponsoring community so a project space and mail list 
>> can be set up, and I think our communities should be involved in this 
>> project since we stand to benefit from its potential success. I've 
>> suggested this to Glynn on the OGB list:
>>
>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-June/000819.html
>>
>> Agree? Disagree?
>>
>> Jim
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