> On 30/07/07, Korey Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It is true that users alone will not make Open >> Solaris into a great product, but they are the final >> judge of its success. The Open Solaris community >> must remember who will use their software when the >> development is done: the user. > > Is Solaris really trying to be the best desktop OS? > That seems a *really* odd direction to push in, > given its obvious superiority on the server end. >
I remember in my OS class at Purdue University, as we worked with the XINU [1] operating system, that my professor, Douglas Comer, challenged us to think bigger, by thinking smaller. When asked on a test, if we thought XINU would be suitable for a single user, few of us answered yes. We couldn't imagine one of our computers supporting anything less than 20 or more people. We were wrong. There is no reason why a good OS can't be used everywhere. I use Solaris on my desktop everyday. I think 40% is too small. We should shoot for 100% of the desktop market. Cheers, Jim [1] - Ironically, Sun also helped sponsor the XINU project. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
