On Nov 23, 2011, at 10:23 PM, Gary Driggs wrote:
> On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:59 PM, Garrett D'Amore wrote:
>
>> Its for the same audience as OI, except for people who don't want to, or
>> can't, use IPS.
>
> So it's just OI with the Debian package management framework? Or will there
> be other differentiators?
There has been discussion that other differentiators may existing in the
installer, and in the release management process (when binaries are actually
produced, and whether SPARC is amongst them or not), but at the moment the main
difference will be the packaging framework, yes.
>
> FWIW, the name sounds a lot like our America twist of the element aluminium
> in to aluminum. Which is probably fitting as I've often described NexentaStor
> as the bastard child of Debian and Solaris. With positive sentiment, of
> course. :)
Well, I liked illumian -- illumos distributed via debian technology. For the
record, I still own the trademark for "illumos", but have started the process
to move it to the conservancy.
- Garrett
>
> -Gary
>
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