At Mon, 3 Sep 2012 10:03:59 -0400, Magnus Hedemark wrote: > > > > On Sep 3, 2012, at 6:44 AM, joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg > Schilling) wrote: > > > > > If we like OpenSolaris to survive, we need an OpenSolaris coordinator. > > OpenSolaris is long since dead. We are talking about OpenIndiana. Related, > but different.
I think some clarification may be in order here. I suspect Joerg is referencing the OpenSolaris that existed as an umbrella project for some years prior to Sun appropriating that name and rebranding their "Indiana" project's binary release in order to leverage the growing traction of OpenSolaris, the project. If I recall correctly, there was _much_ anger over this action expressed on the lists at that time, at least by non Sun community members. Especially as the community first learned about this after it had already become a fait accompli and Sun basically thumbed their noses at our consternation. If I recall correctly, and it has been some years so I may not be, more than a couple detractors ended up being banned from the lists. So I think Joerg is accurate in his use of "OpenSolaris" in this context. And I also suspect his use of it here is to remind us of just what OpenSolaris started out as, and was supposed to be, before Sun Marketroids screwed the community over. I do not have the patience to search the list archives but there was quite some brouhaha so it should not be too difficult for those requiring further validation. Let me also point out that Joerg was on the OpenSolaris Governing Board at various times so he likely knows that of which he speaks. Peace-- Ken _______________________________________________ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev