>> 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.
So why can't you download Solaris Express Community Edition; that's pretty much the Sun assembled "based on OpenSolaris" distribution. What would you want differently in a mythical "Sun OpenSolaris distribution"? >Ok, but isn't Solaris a distro too? Yes. >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. We don't make distinction along those lines: we have the "core OS" (OS + Networking) and then whatever is sitting on that foundation: X, GNOME, etc; an increasing number of components available. >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? Yes. >What do people at Sun call the kernel itself? "SunOS" perhaps (but it's for the larger OS-Net "consolidation") Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
