> We made a point that the distros should have a > "minimum reference standard" at the least. If an ISV > goes off and builds 'Solaris' packages, a common set > of core libs and binaries should exist amongest all > distro to be called "Indiana-compatible" or whatever. > > Kinda like Nvidia has a "reference graphics board" it > might send people for review of their GPUs or graphic > cards. Their OEMs then go off and may modify the > graphic card to their liking or jack up the clock > speed. They sell us an "Nvidia-based" graphic card at > the end of the day, but either it has a few "extras" > or maybe just a bare bones card. To the common > consumer, they may not know much of the difference or > really care - as long as it is an Nvidia card as it > says on the box and works with Nvidia drivers (and > their games/demos...). > > I think of this Indiana project kinda the same way > now... > > ~Ken Mays
Good analogy, Ken! It might go even further to describe a future standard of OpenSolaris compatibility, where the "chip" is the core stuff that cannot be changed by a certified distro, and the "board" is the rest that CAN be changed. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
