On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Marty Duey wrote:

> On 10/31/2007 2:42 PM, Ceri Davies wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 12:08:12PM -0600, Jon Trulson wrote:
>> 
>>> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> "Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[...]
>> There's your example of harm; Jon Trulson would be supporting only
>> the reference distribution and not the other distros.  This can be
>> expected to hold true for others. [1]
>> 
>> Ceri
>> 
>> [1] This can, of course, be seen to be a good thing for ISVs, but that's
>>      not the question which was one of harm to other distros.
>

> I think you're reaching.  As has been stated numerous times
> throughout the thread today, what end users decide to run as their
> OpenSolaris-based distro will determine which distro(s) an ISV has
> to support.  On the other hand, if ISVs like Jon qualify a
> "reference" distribution then ti should be easier to offer support
> to derivative distros as well.  Certainly easier than is the case in
> Linux-land today. 
>

   Exactly.

> Marty
>


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