Stephen Lau writes: > On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 09:43:42PM -0500, Eric Boutilier wrote: > > I vote for Freeware or Ports. > > > > (Whenever I think about this it reminds me of that saying, "Democracy is > > the worst of all governments... except for all the others." :-) ) > > I dislike Ports just because of the clear ambiguity in the term > (especially given the conflicting community 'Platform Ports') > > I actually favour Freeware, since it's in the general spirit of things, > and everyone knows what we mean by it anyway (I think).
I'd second "Ports." Outside of Sun, this has a distinct and well-known meaning. Plus, when we're talking about new platforms, we're not really talking about "porting" as much as we are about "platform support." Perhaps everyone in Sun knows what we mean by "freeware," but it seems a bit odd to me to see a "freeware" project buried inside an ostensibly open source operating system. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
