Just to clarify: I'm don't mean the value of OpenSolaris as a whole (!),
but the value of a specific discussion group within OpenSolaris.org.
When I talk about a wider audience, I mean that there are a lot of
people who have little or no consciousness of OpenSolaris or any of its
distributions, but are very interested in open source and very much
alive Unix-like OSes. I don't intend to exclude the "needy" with my
comment though, so maybe Linux-immigrant is too narrow a conception.
Patrick
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In my opinion, a big part of the value of this community will be that it
helps to explain the relevance of OpenSolaris to the wider Linux
community. Extending the scope beyond Linux immigrants could threaten
that.
"wider Linux comminity"? I think the value of OpenSolaris does not
derive from external factors but rather from inner strength; as such,
I find linux immigrants too limiting and perhaps also can be seen
to lend to those who see OpenSolaris as a purely defensive, window
dressing, move.
Let's not forget those users of HP-UX and AIX who do need to look
for alternatives rather than just those of other, very much alive,
Unix-like OSes, who want to broaden their horizons.
Casper
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