On 5/11/07, Chung Hang Christopher Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Anyway. What bothers me is not that there will > apparently be an effort > to make the transition from Linux easier, providing > the features that a > Linux user is used to, especially on the desktop. > Nothing wrong with > that. What does bother me is that articles like > this, and their > headlines, make it seem like we want to be "more > like Linux", implying > that we lack belief in our own strength. Yeah, that is the weird part. The only part I agreed with Murdock's statement is packaging and packaging tools. The better Linux than Linux part makes me sick...real marketing nonsense. Linux the kernel will never (well...maybe not never) match the Solaris kernel.
I hear you loud and clear there and am adjusting the way I'm speaking about this accordingly.. The point I was trying to make was: Large parts of the market want Linux. HOWEVER, when they say they want Linux, they don't actually mean they want Linux THE KERNEL, they want Linux the distro and the business model the distros have built around that larger thing. Why can't Solaris give these users what they want plus a whole lot more? There's a fine line between driving this point home and looking like we're just copying Linux, so I'm being far more careful about what I say till we figure out how to get the message just right. -ian -- Ian Murdock 650-331-9324 http://ianmurdock.com/ "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
