Is it really necessary to convince the freeNAS people to change? Mark Creamer's response to the thread, "Multiple Windows servers and a OI NAS, how to get there" seems to point to a simpler solution.
Offer as an install time option a configuration of OI w/ ZFS as a file server in a mixed MacOS, Windows & *nix environment. That as an "out of box" packaged solution ought to generate a good bit of interest in OI/Illumos. I don't do Windows, but from what I understand, everything is already available if you know how to configure it. That would leave just a good HCL as an obstacle to wider use of OI. Some judicious choices of new SATA & SAS drivers would ease much of the hardware problems. Some visible momentum would help persuade hardware vendors to support the development of drivers for OI/Illumos. Have Fun! Reg --- On Tue, 9/4/12, Robin Axelsson <gu99r...@student.chalmers.se> wrote: > From: Robin Axelsson <gu99r...@student.chalmers.se> > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] "OpenIndiana lead Alasdair Lumsden resigns" > To: openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org > Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2012, 9:13 AM > I certainly hope you are right. But I > also hope you are aware of survival bias that may "color" > your past experiences. It is very easy to look at the > successful projects that have managed to survive over the > years in retrospect while forgetting about those project > that died and fell into oblivion. > > I guess it should come to no surprise that most people who > use open source software don't care. Probably the vast > majority don't know about Alasdair Lumsden's resignation, > let alone that he exists. That's why one should take into > consideration that for every 100 or so new users 2-5 of them > may eventually start contributing and developing for > Illumos. I think incentives such as career opportunities and > other things that make Illumos and OpenIndiana look "cool" > should be important to stress. > > Perhaps it would be possible to convince the freeNAS people > to use Illumos/OpenIndana instead. > > On 2012-09-01 16:48, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > > On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, Robin Axelsson wrote: > >> > >> I'm fully aware of the power of the command line > and it is the command line that really makes me like Unix > based OSes (including Linux). But making OI look > well-polished with a fancy and easy to administer web-admin > GUI that would encourage the average-Joe to use it as a > home-NAS / virtual server is not a bad thing. That way OI > would reach a higher penetration with a larger user-base and > most importantly; it will get _free advertising_. To some > extent the old adage "A good product markets itself" has > some truth in it. But it must not only be good, it has to > /look/ good so that even a less versed person will > understand how good it is. > > > > Focusing on issues like this would be putting the cart > before the horse. It is more important to be able to > easily build everything and incorporate updates than to have > a fancy configuration GUI. OI popularity should come > second to correct functionality and having an organization > (of volunteers and corporate entities) to sustain it. If OI > is worthy, popularity will follow, even if only from people > who already preferred Solaris. > > > > OpenIndiana is still very young. Successful OS > distributions take quite a few years to become > significant. It is not something which happens in just > a couple of years. > > > > Bob > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss