Before I get to the question in the subject, let me spell out
the background for it:
Linux - *the* open source operating system/kernel
FreeBSD - promotes itself as being the BSD to use for desktop/server
NetBSD - promotes itself as being easy port
OpenBSD - promotes itself as being the most secure unix
FreeBSD - the power to serve
"NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable Unix-like Open Source
operating system available for many platforms, from large-scale server
systems to powerful desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices."
" The OpenBSD project produces a *FREE*, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based
UNIX-like operating system. Our efforts emphasize portability,
standardization, correctness,
proactive security and integrated cryptography."
And when we get to OpenSolaris:
"The OpenSolaris project is an open source community and a place
for collaboration and conversation around OpenSolaris technology."
The problem here is that the first two sentences on www.opensolaris.org
do not tell me why I would want to either use or be a part of the
opensolaris community.
If the goal of OpenSolaris is just to be, well, open, isn't
that a bit boring?
While it might be exciting for lots of executive types at Sun,
for those who are in the open source community,
it's incredibly "ho hum".
What OpenSolaris needs is something like this:
OpenSolaris: the premier open source server platform
or...
"The OpenSolaris project is the only SVR4 based open source
platform that scales evenly from 1 CPU to 128 CPUs."
OpenSolaris: the open source platform that scales with your hardware
...
That www.opensolaris.org hosts a number of things besides the
nevada source code, I'm well aware of, *but* if we just refer
to a large glob of things, then, well, it is hard to be as
exciting as through dedicated focus on a particular aspect
and attract attention.
Afterall, we are all a part of many different communities,
the question is why and how do we attract someone *to* opensolaris.
Just saying we're "open" (and a community) does not cut it.
We need a differentiator.
Thoughts?
Darren
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