John Plocher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >> I have problems if this was not labelled with "Sun" as this would cause
> >> harm to other existing OpenSolaris based distributions.
>
> > Shawn Walker wrote:
> > I have yet to see any qualifying statements that indicate exactly
> > *how* other distributions would be harmed.
>
>
> I *think* Joerg is referring to the classic channel partner -vs- direct
> sales problem - if the OpenSolaris Community has its own distro, where
> is there room for other distros to compete?
You make an important mistake here: Indiana is not a community initated
distro but a _Sun_ initiated one.
SchilliX was the first community initiaded OpenSolaris distro but Sun
did not like to help with this distro.
It is most unprobable that Indiana will be _the_ OpenSolaris distribution
of the community as it was not "the community" that did decide to start the
project. We could have a real community distribution if Sun did help with
SchilliX, but I did get the answer: "no, we definitely won't do that" from many
sites insite Sun.
There are already several independent OpenSolaris distributions and you could
not roll back the years.... The chance for a _single_ OpenSolaris distro as
a joint effort from Sun and the community has been missed because Sun was not
ready for this at the time when it had been possible.
Sun could have a much better stand in the OSS world if there was a clear
commitment to community originated efforts like BerliOS, Blastvave and SchilliX.
Jörg
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