On 24/12/2012 2:39 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Darren Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 24/12/2012 12:23 AM, Joerg Schilling wrote: >>> Darren Reed <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The failure of IPS on a social level (as a community effort) could be said >>>> to be reflective of the success of OpenSolaris in general. >>> OpenSolaris had become a community success in late 2009 - even without >>> support >>> from Sun at the universities. That success was over once people heard from >>> Sun's end. >> I'm not sure if something is being lost in translation here. >> >> Do you mean "from Sun's end", as in communication from Sun killed community >> support? >> (or lack thereof.) >> >> Or do you mean "about Sun's end", as in the takeover of Sun killed community >> support? > It was the takeover that killed the belief of the new users.
Are you saying that OpenSolaris without Sun is/was meaningless? If the single commercial backer disappears from an open source project disappears and the community then dies how is it possible to view the community as a success? One hopes that IllumOS will be more resilient in that regard. Darren ------------------------------------------- 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
