Hi, Correct me if I'm wrong, but:
1. This distribution is a subset of OpenIndiana. It is effectively Illumos + what's currently in oi-build, which we've agreed to move up into Illumos as illumos-userland on the principle of collaboration between Nexenta and OI (and presumably because Nexenta couldn't commercially safely use oi-build, which is fair enough). The key difference is the use of dpkg instead of IPS for personal preference reasons. 2. This distribution is to be used by Nexenta to create their commercial offering on top. 3. Because of 2, it's effectively Nexenta controlled and not a true community distribution - Nexenta will want to retain some degree of control, whilst keeping it an open source project so contributions can be accepted. Fair enough again, Nexenta the company need ultimate say over the distro their commercial product runs on. 4. Ultimately, anyone who wants GNU/OpenSolaris aka Nexenta Core Platform would be better served switching to StormOS which truly is trying to be GNU/Illumos. Because of 1, 2, 3, and 4, I don't understand why you don't call you're trying to do "Nexenta Developer Edition" or "Nexenta OpenCore". This is much clearer - it explains clearly that: 1. It's made by/controlled by Nexenta 2. It's for developers 3. It benefits your open source creds You started out as GNU/OpenSolaris, and at some point you became a storage vendor. Due to this heritage you are still thinking like an open source distribution vendor, when instead you should be thinking like a storage vendor. IMHO, you'd be better served concentrating on the Kernel via Illumos and the storage software stack on top. The bit in the middle that it runs on should be a minimal distro, like SmartOS. Doing anything more than this is unnecessary, and confusing for all concerned. SmartOS is clearly branded as Joyent's open source part of Smart Datacenter. I think Nexenta should follow this model - it is clear and it works. Doing the distro under the Illumos umbrella will just send mixed messages to all concerned. Dreaming up some crazy new distro name just seems daft. People are already confused enough between the difference between "Illumos" and "OpenIndiana", people don't have time to learn a thousand different product names. Regards, Alasdair ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
