Ceri Davies wrote: > On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 03:33:08PM -0500, Ian Murdock wrote: >> Mario Goebbels wrote: >>>>> Maybe because it costs Sun too much money to >>>> maintain multiple release >>>>> preview trains? Dunno. >>>> Then Sun should no do Indiana.... >>> FYI, that no one forgets it: Someone in _marketing_ suggested a SX*E >>> replacement. Let me repeat: Marketing. >>> >>> Don't get upset over anything marketing says. It's not gospel. At all. >> It's true, OpenSolaris (Indiana) will replace Solaris Express Developer >> Edition after SXDE 1/08. > > Could you explain why please? > > As I understand it, SXDE is supposed to be a preview of Solaris Next and > we keep getting told by Dave Miner that Indiana is "just an experiment".
Indiana is not an experiment--it is the preview of Solaris Next now. Since it doesn't make sense to maintain two previews, we are phasing out SXDE. -ian -- Ian Murdock http://ianmurdock.com/ "If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." --Juan Ram?n Jim?nez
