On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 23:03 -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote: > On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 19:58 -0700, Marion Hakanson wrote: > > What's wrong with just "illumos"? If you need to distinguish, just use > > "illumos, the kernel" or "illumos, OS/Net" vs "illumos, the distribution". > > The original "OpenSolaris, the distribution" was based on "OpenSolaris, > > the kernel", and other distributions based on "Opensolaris, the kernel" > > did exist. > > > > One can even get more specific about distros, e.g. "illumos desktop", > > "illumos server", or "illumos live usb", if needed. > > > > Sure, OI-147 and OI-148 did not come from "illumos, the kernel", but it > > seems unlikely anyone is going to go back to a base of "OpenSolaris, the > > kernel" for OpenIndiana, once it's completed the shift to the illumos base. > > > > Do we really need a different name for the "main" distribution? I > > personally > > find it unnecessary, and it makes explaining to people what the heck OS I'm > > using a lot harder. I have to give a whole family tree history instead of > > just saying, "Illumos is the open source fork of Solaris 11." > > > > I also happen to think "illumos" is an excellent name. Use it everywhere. > > Uhmmmm... Excuse me, but what have you been smoking? Drinking, maybe? > I think Illumos is a pretty lame name, nothing against the people who > chose it. I kind of like OpenIndiana, particularly when contracted to > "oi", as compared to Illumos in that at least it conveys that this is > supposed to be an "Open" project (although "Open" has been so misused by > marketroids trying to cash in on the Open Source phenom that in more > recent times its use has almost become a red flag, particularly > following the Orcale OpenSolaris fiasco). > > But all that is neither here nor there. The point is that your idea > was/is lame. And that your mother probably dresses you funny... > >
P.S.; In the event it may have been less than obvious... above was intended to be taken with a sense of humor ;-P -- Regards-- Ken Gunderson _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss