Hi Rich, that is flattering, but from our perspective OpenSolaris for
Power or more formally OpenSolaris on Power Architecture Technology
(as per the branding requirements), or perhaps just OpenSolaris -
Power (oh yeah!) gets those three main words together to define the
simple but profound message it is. :-)
R&B
On Aug 18, 2006, at 2:52 PM, Rich Teer wrote:
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006, Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck wrote:
Hi, given the press lately from IBM on OpenSolaris it seems the
moment to
release the code for Power and call it simply what it is:
OpenSolaris on
Power. We have supported the diligent effort of Sun Labs and
enthusiastic
preparatory Blastware ambitions for over a year. Polaris has been the
community chosen name for the port, but the trademark issues
related to
Solaris have made it necessary to reevaluate the name on the
advent of the
release. Polaris gave us direction during the incubation period.
With all
the current fanfare let's push code the code out right in the
middle of the
limelight. The OpenSolaris on Power name makes the point. Let's
call it
that.
Great idea, although I'm not convinced of the name. At the moment
there's
only one distro on Power, but what if that were to change?
"OpenSolaris
on Power" is, IMHO, a bit too generic--imagine what would've
happened if
Joerg Schilling decided to call his distro "OpenSolaris on x86"...
How about GenesIX?
--
Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member
President,
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