On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:27 PM, James Carlson<james.d.carl...@sun.com> wrote: > Anon Y Mous writes: >> When are we going to get an "OpenSolaris" server core that is command line >> and text only with no X-windows dependencies? > > The answer depends on when people decide to stop complaining about > missing features in the work-in-progress that is the OpenSolaris > distribution, and instead start working on providing those features. > > Seriously: I'm not on the Indiana team, but, as someone who has talked > with those folks, I know that they're keenly aware of these > shortcomings. The work is not done. It's not finished yet. You're > looking at a work in progress. There are known feature gaps -- among > them are many enterprise-class features. They're not being > "forgotten." The issues won't be ignored. The people doing this work > just aren't that foolish. > > It takes time to do work. It takes more time if you have to run > through a gauntlet of people throwing stones. > > I'm almost hoping we can get back to arguing about GPLv3 or Sun's > buy-out. >
Could not agree more! I have been in the Indiana team during it's initial days and I still fondly remember those times. These are among the best human beings I have encountered in my work life and I know how hard and how long they work to get things out of the door! This is Open-Source so contribution is much more welcome than complains. At least one can go and submit constructive feedback via submitting BUG/RFE reports. Regards, Moinak. -- ================================ http://www.belenix.org/ http://moinakg.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
