On 11/2/07, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 02/11/2007, Brandorr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In my opinion I would say that anything less than complete removal of
> > all OpenSolaris branding on Indiana by the end of today, can be
> > considered a failure, as each extra day that it is there on the
> > website only exacerbates the perception, that discussion is pointless,
> > and the outcome is inevitable.
>
> Please define exactly what you mean by branding. Do you mean any usage
> of the trademark whatsoever? (I would think not).
>
> Do you mean it can't be part of the distribution name?
>
> What specifically do you mean?
>
> If you literally mean remove all branding, you're being unfair as
> other distributions already use the branding in many different ways.

I meant that it should not be named with OpenSolaris. Nor should it be
claimed that it is the community distro.

How about:
----------------
Project Indiana aims to be Sun's new rapid release Solaris binary
distribution. Project Indiana aims to incorporate many of the
packaging and installation enhancements that the BSD and Linux
communities pioneered. Primarily the ability to install additional
software off network repositories, without worry of tracking down
dependencies. In addition one of the goals is to have this release be
based completely on freely open, and redistributable code.

It is Sun's intention to contribute Project Indiana to the OpenSolaris
community, and petition the community to adopt it as the primary
"OpenSolaris" community distro. The stated goal, is that when someone
wants to download "OpenSolaris" they will not have to  make any
confusing choices.

At this point the original goals of the OpenSolaris community have yet
to be reconciled with Sun's new goals for Project Indiana.

> --
> Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
> http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
>
> "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all
> junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics
> are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall
>


-- 
- Brian Gupta

http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/
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