> > "Proposition 1" (P1) > > Schillix, Martux,Belenix and NexentaOS are > obviously not going to be > Sun Solaris 11.
Correct > Proposition 2" (P2) > > SXCE (and SXDE) are going to be Sun Solaris 11 > eventually, or at least > their aim is to provide an unstable testing bed > for Solaris 11 > Note: The C stands for "Community". I think that this has changed now...SXCE and SXDE will be discontinued from what I understand. > roposition 3" (P3) > > Somehow Indiana became THE one and only (?) > OpenSolaris community > distribution. I would say that Indiana is a binary culmination and refernce of OpenSolaris > et's do some propositional logic: > > -- > Let's assume P1 is correct > > * (P1 && P2) is true In my opinion it is not, based upon my answer to P2 > * (P1 && P3) is true > -- > > -- > Let's assume P2 is correct AND P3 is correct > > * (P1 && P3) is false > > If there is only ONE community OpenSolaris edition, > then SXCE can't > possibly be it, if P3 is true. > -- > > Now let's make some wild statements: > > -- > > "Sun Microsystems will base their distribution on > SXCE." (S1) > > * (P2 && S1) is true > > But this means that: > > * (P3 && S1) is false > > ...and Solaris 11 (i.e. the one you can pay for that > is the REAL Unix > (tm) Solaris) won't be based on the Indiana > (community) distribution. Pay for??? As to what 'Solaris 11' or 'next' as some like to call it will be, that has nothing to do with the community, it is up to Sun what they do. I very much doubt that at this early stage much info re this will come out > > "Sun Microssystems will base their distribution on > Indiana." (S2) > > * (P2 && S2) is false > * (P2 && S3) is true > You lost me here. > But WHAT is SXCE then - just a "name"? SXCE will be depricated > > ... > > When I joined the OpenSolaris community I quickly > learned and understood > what Schillix, Belenix, NexentaOS, SXCE and then SXDE > were, and what > Solaris 11 would come from. > > But with the arrival of Indiana, I've become confused > about: > > * SXCE > * SCDE > * Solaris 11 > > My goal is to participate in the community part of > helping to develop > Solaris 11 - but I think the community took a turn > and I missed it. > > DSL > > (PS: This isn't a rant AGAINST any of the > distributions including > Indiana. I think that Ian Murdock's explanation of > its purpose is quite > good. > > It's just me trying to express my confusion as I > think I've missed > something.) This is the confusion that Indiana will address hopefully This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
