> I was on that team back then, and I don't see those > guys involved in > this discussion on this list right now. If you knew > the context, you may > be less critical, actually. But it's ok to disagree > with any given > marketing strategy, even though that one pre-dates > OpenSolaris and has > no place here at this point.
It has place here more than one might at first realize: what would GPLing Solaris be, if not an attempt at endearing Solaris to the "GPL community" (Linux folks really, let's be honest). Is that also not a form of marketing? While GPLing Linux might have been an ideological thing, GPLing Solaris is an obvious move to win more political points with the Linux community and the press at large. And that alone is already the wrong reason, in my firmest belief. So we want to market this thing. OK. But causing publicity stunts and trying to suck up to somebody that doesn't really want/care/like Solaris in the first place might not exactly be what you intend. However, one other thing is also true, and that is that most of those people don't really *know* the product. For if they did, they would have long ditched the whole pointless GPL/GNU/Linux thing and switched over. And that Jim is something that *good* marketing *can* change. Show them the good stuff Solaris already has; and the rest of us should also ditch this debate and concentrate on making Solaris even better. "Build it and they will come." Each one of us has certain wishes and expectations of Solaris; some of us have already started "scratching our own itches", and some are about to embark on that journey. Now, what does that remind you of, all of you? If you thought, "that's how Linux got it start!", you got the gist of what I'm trying to communicate. So let's get back to work! This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
