On 08/30/12 11:12 AM, ken mays wrote: > OpenIndiana still provides a niche market for those wanting a stable > development > desktop OS distro based on the OpenSolaris kernel and having a reliable and > stable closed source 2D/3D graphics driver.
Just remember that you can only count on closed source graphics drivers as long as your kernel remains 100% compatible with current and *future* versions of Solaris, and those drivers don't develop dependencies on new features added to closed kernels that aren't available in the illumos kernel. (I have no idea if or when that will become a problem, I just know it's a possibility that may someday make the latest closed drivers no longer an option.) Of course, the alternative is to grow your market share to a large enough base that paying customers ask the graphics vendors to specifically support your platform and ensure they don't break on your kernel. -- -Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev