On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Eric Boutilier wrote: > And I agree with Shawn's point too -- that it's fine for now to > include the word OpenSolaris in the name. The following choice > of wording was used in the OGB draft: "discontinue using the > name OpenSolaris...". That probably means the the drafters > explicately chose not to say: "discontinue using the word > OpenSolaris"....
Right; I believe I speak for most of us (though feel free to correct me!) when I assert that the intent is to remove the implication that Indiana is *the* OpenSolaris distro, rather than *an* OpenSolaris distro. The latter connotes a level playing field for all distros whereas the former does not. If, at some time in the future, the community as a whole would like to have a "reference distro" and votes to make it Indiana, fair enough. But having a distro unilaterally declare itself such just isn't cricket (to use an Anglisism). -- Rich Teer, SCSA, SCNA, SCSECA, OGB member CEO, My Online Home Inventory URLs: http://www.rite-group.com/rich http://www.linkedin.com/in/richteer http://www.myonlinehomeinventory.com
