Alan Coopersmith writes: > > There is already a separate community for networking, so if we go that > > route I think this community should just be for the OS part. > > Then you'ld have to define "OS." The official definition of the Solaris > Operating System is the entire WOS, from kernel through desktop and servers, > all the consolidations, so presumably you're thinking of the subset of ON > that's not networking. Maybe "Core OS" or something?
Even at that, I think it's really quite vague and likely implicitly refers to internal Sun organization more than it does anything about the code. Shouldn't STREAMS be part of any definition of "OS"? Why would (at a guess) procfs be part of the "OS" but devfs not? Other than considering historical divisions within Sun, and distinctions that likely mean little or nothing to external developers, it's not at all clear to me what the proposed "OS" group would cover and what it would not. (For what it's worth, I'm not happy with the existing networking group. Why wouldn't X.25, SNA, ATM, and other basic networking technologies be part of that group? Why is it just a subset of TCP/IP? But, then, if I were happy ... ;-}) -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
