--- Christopher Mahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm going to throw this out there to see what > sticks: > > 1) Create a Foundation to take over OpenSolaris. > Obviously has to be > done by the Board with Sun Microsystem's blessing. > > 2) Collect monies from donations, for stuff > (promotional, more > Starter Kits, domain names, servers, etc). > > 3) Encourage the creation of a non-Sun marketing > team.
All the above can be done with Sun Microsystem's blessing. Look at nexenta. You just don't get to name it Open Solaris. Besides, as Project Indiana shows, Sun has more or less set Open Solaris free and is participating as a member to create a distro for its own benefit. Is there a problem with Sun using Open Solaris for its own purpose? Must they also hand over the OpenSolaris trademark? > > 4) Really help/encourage/buy (beer|groceries) for > the Emancipation > Project/Google Summer of code folks. > > 5) Build a non-Sun distro. Requires 4 to be > completed. > > 6) Set up a few demo servers with ssh root account > in Zones to allow > people to play with the latest OpenSolaris community > distro without > actually installing it. (requires 5) Define 'non-Sun' distro. > > 7) Make the source code, the daily build process, > the bug tracker, > and the wiki available to the public. > > 8) Allow unrestricted code commit by community > members. Nightly > builds should check for broken stuff. Have nn-sun > code check-in > facilitators. > > 9) Allow people to self-select their roles. Some > will code, some will > find/report/follow up on bugs, some will write > documentation in the > wiki, etc. Don't assign. Accept all comers. The > high-school student > who pushes OpenSolaris on his MySpace page (however > garish) may just > be the next kernel uber hacker. > > 10) Don't fret over details. Welcome ideas from far > flung places to > be put in the nightly builds for people to try (yes > there will be > massive breakage, but that's what a nightly build is > for) nexenta could fill this... > > 11) Support Ian Murdock's proposals: He's been hired > by Sun Executive > management for a reason. I don't think it's to > enforce the status > quo. Yes. I am waiting to see what kind of distro Project Indiana will produce. > > 12) Really really get the package management thing > worked out to work > as good as or better than apt. You're smart, figure > it out. Might as well say 'WE WANT DPKG AND APT!' > > 13) there is no 13 > > Thoughts? BYOD! > > I also use windows servers > (and complain > about that every chance I get). I am doing my best to get them thrown out of the office >:D. > > I wouldn't mind at all if the battle of the 2010s > (it's only 2.5 > years away) is OpenSolaris vs Debian. If OpenSolaris > plays its cards > right, I easily see it a strong contender for most > deployed OS in > 2013. Why Debian only? > > Be of good cheer. I saw the formative pains of > gnupedia->wikipedia in > 2001. It wasn't pretty then. Fast forward 6 years > and everybody uses > it. I can definitely see that happening with > OpenSolaris, and I > really think that's what Sun management hired Ian to > get going. > Because, then, dang, SUNW might pull a AAPL and > close at 109.44 > (today) from Apple's 6.90/share on Jan 24 2003, with > all the hardware > they'll be able to sell to run Solaris. I have a bet going about what Solaris and Sun's relevancy will be in two years. :D > > Pardon me if I'm all fuzzy. Reading 900 posts on > opensolaris-discuss > in 2 days can do that to a brain. ROTFL. Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
