> > 4) Sun (Ian/Indiana/Others) wants a second Solaris distro that will be > > the Fedora to Sun's RHEL (Solaris). They wish to do this and still leave > > a clear migration path from one distro to another. (Unlike Fedora). > > Yes! I think we can all get behind this sort of vision. But making a better > Fedora than Fedora may not be the best strategy. We can be more clever than > that.
Well, with Fedora 7, it looks like things have gone to another level. Look...no 'Core' anymore... > > > Although this may be considered a commercial driver outside of the > > community, let's keep in mind who makes the community possible. I as a > > member of the community want to see our host prosper, and continue to be > > able to provide support to our community. (If this was a Linux vendor > > launching a new community distro, there wouldn't be nearly as much > > opposition) > > I don't think you're seeing opposition to a new distro. I think you're > seeing a recognition that yet-another-distro doesn't necessarily solve > the long-term problem of building the best platform for innovation. > > If we accept the vision of a distro that can take OpenSolaris forward > to the next level, what would that next level look like? Maybe this? http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3680951
