MC wrote:
Again, these are just some thoughts, not a plan. Constructive comments are welcome.
The Solaris community seems to be stratified into two very different layers.
One group is made up of the people who have worked with Unix systems for years.
And the other group is people looking to push the OS into places it has never
been before. You could say that one group wants the status quo, while the
other wants significant change.
There are actually 3 types (actually more). You missed the people you
have use Unix systems for years, and thinks that the "status quo" always
sux! ( Not the Band ). Also there is a 'I hate Linux at all cost' crowd.
Those two groups seem to want things that are very nearly mutually exclusive.
As such, is there a way to accommodate both groups? A way to continue
producing traditionally featured Solaris releases for one part of the
community, while developing a cutting edge system of new designs for the other
part of the community?
You are fixated by the only 2 groups that are just the representatives
of noise.
My views on people who wants the traditional is to give them Solaris 2.6
and an Ultra 1. As long as they have electricity, they will be happy as
a pig in..... No really, people who do not want change, would be better
suited by "Closed Solaris".
I think that is almost being done right now. But the problem is that everyone
is smushed into the same group, so the different identities are conflicting,
which is holding the whole group back.
So what if you created two distinct communities.One that pushes the OpenSolaris code base
to new places with smart *new* (key word) ideas and research. You'd see frequent builds
of this, say "OpenSolaris Edge". Meanwhile, Sun continues to pull code from
this base to build the classic Solaris that everyone knows, for as long as it is demanded.
Why bother. Just keep on patching Sol 2.6, and let everybody else
progress. In 10 years time they will still be able to upgrade to Solaris 8.
The first thing I ask myself is "why is that OS-OS distinction better than keeping the distinction in two branded zones of one OS?", and maybe there isn't much difference.
Actually there is a hell of a difference. My desktop is in the global
zone. I would hate to see it stuck in the last century.
Doug
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