Brandorr wrote: > I feel this is particularly premature because, as far as the > OpenSolaris world is concerned, there are at six other OpenSolaris > Distros. (At this moment, the Ppensolaris.org downloads page, states > "If you want to run a distribution based on OpenSolaris, choose one of > these available options:" There are six distros listed. Not one of > them is Indiana.) > Not surprising given that Indiana doesn't have any downloadable form at the moment. That's not to preclude Indiana from being included once it has a release available though. > When anyone talks about Nexenta, Belenix, or Martux, they are all > viewed as OpenSolaris distros. I don't know how else to describe them. > Agreed. > Preventing others from using OpenSolaris modifiers, or preventing > others from describing Nexenta as an OpenSolaris distro could also > backfire in other ways. If no one is allowed to refer to a distro like > Nexenta as an OpenSolaris distro, I suspect Nexenta will come to be > known as Ubuntu Linux with ZFS built in. (Which I'd imagine is > defiantly not in Sun's business interests.) > defiantly? or definitely? :) > I think the best approach at this time would be for Sun to lay out > their legal/business position, and work with the community to find an > agreeable nomenclature, that can still offer Sun some protection from > dilution of their Solaris related marks. > Yup. > On a related note, I sense some hesitance to reach out to the Nexenta > folks. I think they really have shown some great initiative, > To flip that around though, the Nexenta folks haven't really reached out to the OpenSolaris community (IMHO). Don't get me wrong, I think Nexenta has been great for the OpenSolaris community, the work they've done is amazing. But they haven't done much outreach beyond their own Nexenta-related community. > especially with ZFS boot. (And if I understand correctly the Nexenta > team members have been providing putbacks.) > Not that I'm aware of - though I'd be happy to be corrected. > Do you have any insight? Is Nexenta sponsored by someone other than > Stanford University? (IE: A potential competitor to Sun?) Or have the > Nexenta folks been hostile in some way? > I don't know anything beyond what is available via the website, but my impression is that Stanford's sponsorship is limited to mirrouring Nexenta's binary distribution. I don't know that Stanford is providing anything beyond that. They haven't been hostile in any way (to me anyway). All my communications with them has been perfectly agreeable.
cheers, steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
