> James Carlson wrote: >> Jim Grisanzio writes: >>> 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? >> >> I think it makes a lot of sense, by analogy to Linux. You can't >> "install Linux" -- without getting an immediate "which one?" question. > > You see this as a feature? Spend any time trying to build products > for or around "Linux", and you'll quickly start to see it as a bug.
Solaris is a UNIX(tm) system. Solaris is Solaris which is UNIX(tm). If you want UNIX then you can go looking for AIX or HPUX or SCO(?) or Solaris. I was always under the impression that OpenSolaris was the community project that worked with and dealt with the source code to Solaris. Its confusing to everyone .. sales people, engineers, people on the street and people I talk to on the phone and even me. So why not just create something that runs and call it OpenSolaris and then we are done with the confusion. There are bigger battles to fight than word games. Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
