On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 12:36 PM, Rainer Heilke <rheilke at dragonhearth.com> wrote: > My apologies; I have not been able to keep up with this monstrous thread. > > I wanted to note that, while being initially pleased with the statement, > this webcast: > http://nettalk.sun.com/bhive/t/1000/webcast_details.jsp?content_id=1422 > together with the Indiana 2 announcement makes me disappointed. Either Sun > has made up its mind before the discussion really begins, or one hand doesn't > know what the other is doing. It doesn't sit well with the statement given to > the OGB. Even while I think having a distro or three that users can download > is a good idea, this does not sit well with the rest of the statement. > > I'm hoping this is the one hand/other hand problem..
Sun is using the trademark for Indiana (likely) and simultaneously seeking input from the community on ways they would like to be able to use Sun's trademark. They're allowing the community to help establish the guidelines that will apply to community distributions. I don't see any discrepancy or "one hand/other hand problem" here. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
