Sam wrote:
If we want to be taken seriously in the commercial world then we
need to have the right image.


Look ma, a strawman!

The concern you're addressing is the sort of thing distros
solved in the Linux world.  Each typically has their own
"image," installer, system config style, etc.  More importantly
for the "commercial world," though, they offer support and
certification.

The image alone just isn't the problem.  Or a problem at all,
I'd argue.  Let's be honest -- if a ten-year-old made Beastie,
then a mentally challenged 3-year-old made Tux (and large
portions of the kernel, but I digress).

Point being Johann, if the community rejects your work
for the core project you can still make your own distro
and release it.  Give it a shot!

Cheers,

Sam

The distro - vs - core release relationship is one of BSD's greatest
strengths and weaknesses.  It's a strength because there is no 'distro
hell' like there is in linux.  When you download FreeBSD, you get the
same FreeBSD as everyone else; there is no confusion over how the
config files are layed out, no differences in the base utilities, everything compiles the same way, etc. That is a huge benefit. But at
the same time, it makes it really hard for people to branch out and
experiment in the same way that a linux distro can.  FreeSBIE is a good
example of this happening and working, but it definitely has hurdles.
Variety and competition makes the whole stronger, and at times FreeBSD
seems a bit in-bred.  To address this, I'm playing with ideas for
changing the nature of a FreeBSD 'release' a bit to make it easier for
outfits like FreeSBIE to build on top of it.  Hopefully I'll have
something to show for this in 6.0.

Scott
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