On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Alan Burlison wrote:
> Al Hopper wrote:
>
>
>> And I've been in favor of this project (after I recovered from the initial
>> shock of Ian Murdock being hired by Sun) - because it means that people are
>> putting money and talented developer manhours into making OpenSolaris even
>> better. We (as in the community) are getting a new installer, a new
>> packaging/distribution mechanism and an improved patching mechanism - and
>> thats just for starters. Who is *not* in favor of that. How "unfair" is
>> that!? Are you kidding - this is *great* for OpenSolaris (the Project) and
>> I don't care who thinks its unfair that Sun owns the OpenSolaris trademark
>> and wants to associate some flavor of that name to describe a resulting
>> distribution which they have largely sponsored.
>
> I don't want to rain on your parade, but all those things you mentioned would
> have happened even if Indiana hadn't come along. Granted, they've probably
> happened a little faster, but they are all areas that were already being
> worked on.
Yes - I understand that. Someone at the Summit said that the new
installer has been a work-in-progress for about 2 years (not sure how
accurate that number is). And I understand that Indiana is acting as
a catalyst and focusing the various development teams on a common
completion timeline. This will have a large and very positive impact
on the end user experience!
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT
OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/
Graduate from "sugar-coating school"? Sorry - I never attended! :)
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