Think the short answer is Linux is an easier name to remember....this sounds flippant but Opensolaris is a brand name not pushed or marketed for sometime by Sun and has dropped off the radar for some as a legacy mainframe dinosaur..Decision makers want to prove themselves by having something new and better to engender personal value..yes also internal politics. Linux is now more familiar as an O/S from consumer experiences however the link between home use and decisions to buy in the market place is well accepted. Development on laptops and mobile devices will bring Opensolaris universal recognition However you need to play the game of marketing to the wider world which sun is very unsuccessful at.
Reinventing Unix is a sound proposition it takes time money and expertise.Most people will struggle to recognize any brand name in the linux market Consumers can only spell Sun or Linux at the mo..the challenge is to re educate? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
