On 31/10/2007, Martin Bochnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shawn Walker wrote: > > On 31/10/2007, Martin Bochnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Jim Grisanzio wrote: > >> > >>> Joerg Schilling wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> I have no problem if Sun would start to publish something called: > >>>> "Sun OpenSolaris ...." > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Why would "Sun OpenSolaris" make sense? Actually, that expression has > >>> been used (incorrectly) in the media, and it's only added to the > >>> confusion. Also, isn't it a benefit for the distros to share in the use > >>> of the brand? > >>> > >>> Jim > >>> > >>> > >> It is the same as with all (super-)classes of objects, versus their > >> derived sub-classes, or even _instances_ of objects of the corresponding > >> classes. > >> Shouldn't you normally strive to strictly avoid referencing an instance > >> versus the actual class in the same (identical) manner? > >> > >> Renaming "Indiana" to "OpenSolaris": Wouldn't that be like renaming the > >> brand "Crysler" to "Automibile"? > >> IMO a "Crysler" is not equal to "Automobile". It would be a subclass of > >> it (with more nested subclasses and then n-millions of instances/leaf > >> nodes). > >> Renaming "Indiana" to "Sun OpenSolaris" would make much more sense to > >> me, because that's just what it is (independently from how it may or may > >> not be called at the end of the day). > >> > > > > Sorry, but that would not be true. Indiana is the result of work from > > more than just Sun folks. It includes ksh93 for example, and it > > includes efforts by other non-Sun affiliated folks as well. Calling it > > Sun OpenSolaris would be inaccurate. > > > > Making boolean algebra derived assumptions based on that argument leads > me to the following system of statements: > > As BeleniX is called "BeleniX", it doesn't contain anything that has > been developed by people outside of the BeleniX community. > As SchilliX is called "SchilliX", it doesn't contain anything that has > been developed by people outside of the SchilliX community. > As Nextenda is called "Nextenda", it doesn't contain anything that has > been developed by people outside of the Nextenda community. > As MartUX is called "MartUX", it doesn't contain anything that has been > developed by people outside of the MartUX community. > > Does that make sense?
No, and it wouldn't be true and it isn't what I was saying either. All I was stating is that putting "Sun" in the front of the distro name is neither necessary or accurate. While it is true that ptuting "Sun" in front of the distro name does not necessarily indicate that only Sun worked on it, I have yet to see a qualified reason for doing so other than insinuations by some that such should be done to distance it from the community. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
