> As much as we may want to call OpenSolaris UNIX, we cannot. UNIX is a > trademark owned by The Open Group.
Sounds like a deep deep jungle full of many many landsharks. :-( > The UNIX brand is designed to be applied to specific versions of > specific products from specific vendors. This is the problem. You > cannot brand "OpenSolaris" any more than you could "Linux". A specific > version of a specific distribution (from some specific entity who is > going to pay for and be liable for it) of either could be branded. The > ins and outs of that I'd be happy to get into with people who are > interested (in some other thread). It would make for a really great discussion that is educational. > But, does that really matter? The point here was trying to find a way > to distinguish Open Solaris from the crowd. The bottom line is we > cannot use the word "UNIX" in whatever we choose to say about OpenSolaris. How about, it works really fast and really well? I am not much of a marketing person really. I just know what works. Dennis _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
