[osol-mktg] OpenSolaris/Solaris and Hardware Partnerships
Sara Dornsife
Sara.Dornsife at Sun.COM
Tue Mar 20 04:32:34 PST 2007
Is there anywhere I should be linking to the HCL from?
Is Nevada going to be different?
Sara
Tim Foster wrote:
>> What I propose is a "works with", "OpenSolaris compatible" programme
>>
>
> Interesting idea - how is this different to the Solaris Hardware
> Compatibility List ? (or are we talking about branding here - something
> that could be based off the HCL?)
>
> Should we instead be driving the community to add/ammend the Solaris
> HCL, writing tutorials or somesuch as to how they go about doing that,
> or make more prominent links to the HCL on OpenSolaris.org ?
>
> More at
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/
>
>
> Have you seen the device detection tool:
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/device_detect.html
>
> If we could get everyone using OpenSolaris to check the HCL, and then if
> their system isn't listed, to run HCTS and submit the results
> http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/hcl/hcts/ then others would benefit from
> that.
>
> cheers,
> tim
>
>
> On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 20:00 +1200, Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
>
>> HI,
>>
>> I'll make up a mock up of it on OpenOffice.org Calc, and spit it out
>> to a PDF then post it via this avenue (if it is of a reasonable size
>> (less than 50K))
>>
>> Matt
>>
>> On 3/20/07, Sara Dornsife <Sara.Dornsife at sun.com> wrote:
>> Would you be able to create this matrix? I think that would be
>> very helpful to many. I can give you access to the marketing
>> community to post it, but that doesn't seem like the right
>> place. Any ideas?
>> Sara
>>
>>
>>
>> Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > With hardware compatibility, you can have a matrix; the name
>> > of the device up the top in the title, a list of features on
>> > the left hand side and along the top, the distributions -
>> > basically a grid like formation.
>> >
>> > So what you can do, for example, if I have an mp3 player,
>> > for example, which distribution will it work with, and what,
>> > if any, software do I need to download and install to make
>> > it possible to access the device.
>> > For classes of device, do you specify the entire class as a
>> > single group - eg. USB Mass Storage Devices), then note
>> > exceptions that don't work, like my Sony DSC-S85 digital
>> > camera[1]
>>
>
>
>> > In the case of my mp3 player:
>> >
>> > iAudio X5 30GB
>> >
>> > Feature: OpenSolaris
>> >
>> > Ogg Playback Yes
>> > Ogg CD Ripping No - Seperate
>> > download (provide
>> > link to third party
>> > packaging site)
>> >
>> > Matt
>> >
>> > On 3/20/07, Sara Dornsife <Sara.Dornsife at sun.com> wrote:
>> > Kaiwai,
>> > A hardware "compatibility" program would be great.
>> > And your help would
>> > be very appreciated. The biggest issue we face with
>> > this is the fact
>> > that there isn't really an OpenSolaris distribution
>> > to be compatible
>> > with. A hardware vendor can be compatible with
>> > Solaris, and the Solaris
>> > Ready program has been mentioned.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to put together a program that would
>> > indicate
>> > compatibility across all distributions? We can work
>> > on the TM once we
>> > figure out the program.
>> > Sara
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Patrick Finch wrote:
>> > > Hi Kaiwai,
>> > >
>> > > I think the biggest challenge you face in an
>> > activity like this is
>> > > that people will always be very reluctant to
>> > certify to a code base.
>> > > Statements of compatibility will almost always be
>> > made against
>> > > specific binary distributions, rather than to
>> > source code.
>> > >
>> > > Sara Dornsife has been looking into this in more
>> > detail, and has also
>> > > been looking into an "ingredient button" style
>> > programme, (such as
>> > > "Intel inside" or the use of Tux to represent
>> > Linux), but I don't
>> > > think it is that straightforward, and at the
>> > moment, we only have
>> > > what's called "fair use" of the OpenSolaris name
>> > (i.e. you can call
>> > > your distribution "based on OpenSolaris").
>> > >
>> > > If you can make any progress on these challenges,
>> > it will indeed be
>> > > most valuable.
>> > >
>> > > best regards
>> > >
>> > > Patrick
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Kaiwai Gardiner wrote:
>> > >> Hi,
>> > >>
>> > >> Given my limited programming skills, I thought it
>> > would be best to
>> > >> contribute in a way which I could add 'value'.
>> > >>
>> > >> What I propose is a "works with", "OpenSolaris
>> > compatible" programme
>> > >> which is part information for customers, and part
>> > promotional spot/plug
>> > >> for hardware vendors who either explicitly
>> > support our hardware through
>> > >> providing drivers, implicitly by the provision of
>> > specifications or work
>> > >> 'out of the box' due to the nature of the device
>> > itself - for example,
>> > >> an mp3 player that uses UMS rather than a
>> > proprietary database like
>> > >> structure such as an iPod.
>> > >>
>> > >> The benefits will be two fold; firstly, customers
>> > who wish to run
>> > >> OpenSolaris will have a list of hardware which
>> > they can choose from
>> > >> which is compatible 'out of the box' - ranging
>> > from chipsets to mp3
>> > >> players.
>> > >>
>> > >> The benefit to hardware vendors will be that they
>> > will have a visible
>> > >> presence in the OpenSolaris 'community'
>> > communication board as a form of
>> > >> marketing; making their hardware more desirable
>> > over others,and thus
>> > >> push up sales of those companies willing to
>> > help/support the OpenSolaris
>> > >> community.
>> > >>
>> > >> I'm in the process of working out a programme,
>> > and will most a much more
>> > >> detailed out line of it; but I thought it would
>> > be best to give a 'heads
>> > >> up' and whether the 'OpenSolaris' community as a
>> > whole are willing to
>> > >> get behind this programme as part of the over all
>> > marketing push.
>> > >>
>> > >> Awaiting replies and input,
>> > >>
>> > >> Kaiwai Gardiner
>> > >>
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