--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Well, in my mind, OpenSolaris was on the way to becoming a > "download > >iso", "burn disc", "insert into target machine", "boot to CD-ROM", > >"install", and "run"... Like, hum... Solaris maybe... > > No, not at all; that was never the intention.
Ok, glad that's cleared up. > That's what distributions do; they collate bits of software and > make it into a distribution. Solaris is an example of such > a distribution. Should Sun make a second distribution which > does the same thing but contains only the bits already opensource > or available in source elsewhere? > > No, it would be silly for Sun to maintain two distributions. Well, silly it might be, but it would sure make things easier for me. > Others willmake other OpenSolaris distributions. But my boss will never let me download and install software that comes from some community site on our production systems. I need to be able to point him to a page at SUN and have a binary distro. > >That's what I'm expecting to see when people say: "We've > open-sourced > >Solaris", or "Solaris is Open Source" > > Strange; if I read "they've opensourced product X" then I expect to > be able to download the *source*; not the installable product. Oh, I *never* build from source. I have personally never, ever, not even once built from source any stuff I didn't write. If I can't find a binary out there, I won't use it. This is why I use Debian. I don't have to. I manage with apt-get and have to --purge once in a while because I can't even get that right sometimes. I am an application developer. I build stuff for people to solve their business problems. I glue stuff together, and I'm always ready to thank the developers of open-source software with a kind word of support, a paypal donation, and extolling of the greatness of the software with the great unwashed masses... But I won't build from source. > >So my expectation is: An open-source distro based on Solaris > >technology with ZFS et al, that will be "the next version" of > Solaris > >that people put on their servers to run their enterprise, home, > media > >center, embedded systems, set-top boxes, cars, bootable usb keys, > >etc... > > > >I'm fairly sure I'm not the only person with that expectation. > > Yeah, but that's what Solaris is and that's what the distros are. Ok, but isn't Solaris a distro too? Let me recap for my benefit: OpenSolaris is a set of open sourced software packages. One of these is the Kernel. Other of these are tools, like ksh. Solaris is a distro that includes the kernel and a bunch of tools, as well as other software from other sources such as Apache, PostgreSQL, etc. Am I closer to the mark? What do people at Sun call the kernel itself? As an aside for a non-c-coder type out there: I could really use a diagram of all this. Thanks. Chris Mahan 818.943.1850 cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.christophermahan.com/ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
