S Destika wrote On 02/02/07 07:22,:
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James C. McPherson wrote:
Hi Erast,
I *really* do not understand why you appear to be
so concerned
about how large or extensive the OpenSolaris
community actually
is.
Yes, the number of those who would call themselves
part of the
OpenSolaris community is probably not as large as
Linux-adherents,
but who really cares? Why does it matter?
Well duh..! As a community project one of the measures of success is definitely community participation and how big it is.
Personally, I'm much more comfortable with a smaller group that is more
active and open then always having the need to have an ever larger and
larger group. Growth is great, but up to a point. I see the community
growing as a series of concentric circles around the code, and the
further you go out the more non-technical you get. Not the best analogy,
I agree, but good enough for my point. We are still not really that
attractive to non-technical people because there's not much for them to
do. Hopefully, that will change over time and we should specifically try
to change that.
Jim
If you need reasons - better x86{_64} support, lots of drivers (as a testament
- I have till now failed to install Solaris on any of my 8 x86/64 machines -
Linux runs just fine there and recognizes most hardware thrown at it), quicker
resolution of people's problems and addition of new features/improvements
(suspend/resume anyone?), new architecture support - lots of reasons why
OpenSolaris needs larger community. No? You think what was not possible in last
year without community participation will be possible going forward without
community? Do you think Sun engineers are going to spend their time fixing Joe
Random's problems?
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