Shawn Walker wrote:

> More important than giving users fully working hardware out of the
> box? That doesn't seem reasonable. Users don't care about "open
> source," they care about supported, working hardware.

Many users care about both.


> If the "open" option is fully functional and supported, sure, it can
> be used in place of the other. But as long as there is a better,
> redistributable option, that's the one we should be using to give the
> user the best experience possible "out-of-the-box."

Ok, but then you're handing a key differentiator to Linux, and people
will tell each other that OpenSolaris is irrelevant because it's not
really open.

?

Donal

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