[opensolaris-summit] Establishing a Successful OS Platform

[Shawn Walker]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote:
>  > Greetings,
>  >
>  >  One of the things I think we need to discuss at the summit is what we
>  >  can do from a technical and community perspective to establish
>  >  OpenSolaris as a premier platform for development.
>
>  I nodded mentally in agreement, then read further and realized I
>  had got the wrong end of the stick.
>
>  As I read it, you're looking to define a core platform that people can
>  develop for. Absolutely agree with that.
>
>  Equally important is making OpenSolaris the premier platform to develop
>  on, even if developers are targeting usage on other platforms.
>
>  (Case in point: at work all developers use Windows to develop
>  applications that run on Solaris servers.)

I think that, indirectly, defining a core platform that people can
develop for attracts developers. Those developers in turn write tools
and other software that attracts developers that *develop on* other
platforms, as you mentioned above.

I think Mac OS X is a great example of that right now...

However, yes, I agree. I think OpenSolaris should be *the* Premier
Development platform whether you are developing *for* OpenSolaris or
*on* OpenSolaris :-)

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben