> Perhaps I'm reading too much into your comments > here, but why are you drawing a distinction between > the "OpenSolaris community" (creating a reference > distro) and "Solaris engineering" (aligning product > releases)?
I think it is more like a distro that will go beyond the current Solaris market space and another that will solely cater to those who expect the current Solaris 10 environment which will require "Solaris engineering" to maintain. > > >From a development perspective, Solaris engineering > /is/ the OpenSolaris community -- plus the new > people who are getting involved since June 14, 2005. > So, aren't we really talking about largely the same > people here? For two years, we've been opening the > Solaris code, infrastructure, and engineering > organization and in the process mixing with > developers from outside the company with the > intention of growing one engineering community with > one governance model and one development process. > We're certainly not there yet, but isn't that the > goal? That, imho, may or may not perpetuate Solaris. Solaris is increasingly becoming a niche OS for 'specialized' environments with Linux slowly heading in the same direction. Current Solaris old hands are adamant that nothing change but unfortunately, the current Solaris environment does not appeal beyond the current Solaris market space. It is time that Solaris take on GNU/Linux by draining their mindshare and then giving others a reason to move to Solaris when it is no longer seen as irrelevant and niche. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
