Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-02 Thread John Plocher
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Oftentimes because an Express release has worked so stably that we forget that it was only intended to be a beta. It is probably time to define some terms, because we may be talking at cross purposes. In the "non-Solaris" world, Beta means something like "The engine

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-02 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> > First time I have learned that OpenSolaris is not > interested in recruiting users. > > Because it's not true. The emphasis on developers > is because users > won't come without apps to run, so we need the > developers first to > make it more attractive to the users, but more users > is def

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-01 Thread Brian Gupta
Moderator, Can we please kill this thread. :) -Brian On 5/1/07, W. Wayne Liauh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: > > Lithium also helps for oder people ;-) ^ should be "older" Jörg Hi Jörg, Lithium may be goo

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-01 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling) wrote: > > Lithium also helps for oder people ;-) ^ should be "older" Jörg Hi Jörg, Lithium may be good for older people, but I don't think it's good for kidneys. :- ) This message posted from opensolaris.or

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-01 Thread Alan Coopersmith
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: We would be more than happy to recommend Sun's hardware to our clients and/or acquaintances if Sun's sales can take a little be more responsibility and be a little bit less condescending. Also as I mentioned in a separate thread, we have taken steps to contribute to Open

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-01 Thread Stephen Lau
W. Wayne Liauh wrote: Because it's not true. The emphasis on developers is because users won't come without apps to run, so we need the developers first to make it more attractive to the users, but more users is definitely the end goal. -Alan Coopersmith- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Micro

[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: GPL in BusinessWeek article

2007-05-01 Thread W. Wayne Liauh
> Because it's not true. The emphasis on developers > is because users > won't come without apps to run, so we need the > developers first to > make it more attractive to the users, but more users > is definitely > the end goal. > -Alan Coopersmith- > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sun Microsyst