[i] I believe I was the first to write that I will fork OpenSolaris should I perceive the need to do so. I am not, and have never been an employee of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Also, you are assuming that I'm writing this during my work, which might or might not be correct, but is nevertheless an assumption. May I remind you that engineers don't work with assumptions, unless they have no other choice; we (myself included) work primarily with facts, empirical evidence, when it is available. [/i 100% agreed. I think, if you put the number of posts and contributors in relationship to those with financial support from Sun, or an employer-employee relationship, empirical evidence might evolve that supports my lines. But this is not the most relevant thing. My own experience with Ubuntu is pretty similar to yours. What I actually would like to point out, though: Ubuntu seems, IMHO, better at getting the basics right: network, printing, installation (though the intermediate graphical installer, around nv70, was definitively superior. No idea, why it is gone now.) Oh, yes: hardware support. Empirical data: just search the archive for plenty of ubiquitous machines, on which OpenSolaris HANGS the installer- or live-CD. As long as reading - worse: writing - any other file system other than UFS or ZFS (plus a hackish vfat-support), there is nowhere to go. As an example. As a casual observer, this project simply looks to me as if nobody actually knew where it was heading. While everyone fiddles on his/her own little things, to make them happen. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
