On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 18:59 +0530, Venky wrote: > > Do you MEAN that OpenSolaris distro only thats short list ? > > Yes - those are the known distributions. Not so bad for a 2-year > old project, IMO. > > I guess you are comparing the number of distributions to what's > available on Linux. But the explosion of distros is a reasonably > new phenomenon even there. When Distrowatch was launched in > 2001, it listed only 10 Linux distributions that had global > reach. > > On a lighter note: > > "Number of Linux Distributions Surpasses Number of Users" > http://bbspot.com/News/2000/4/linux_distros.html
Playing devils advocate; wouldn't the huge number of distributions be an example of a significant weakness in Linux - if people find the need to constantly create something new, there is obviously some fundamental issue in terms of development which the other distributions are lacking. If Solaris doesn't have the huge number, wouldn't it be true to suggest that maybe because the current distribution is actually already meeting the needs of its members. Matthew -- Blog: http://kaiwai.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
