> Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> > I know if I were working for Oracle, that would
> make total sense to me.  As
> > a matter of branding, they could even change the
> name.  Instead of calling
> > it "solaris next" they could simply call it "oracle
> next."
> 
> "Solaris Next" is a code name, not branding.   It's
> shorthand for "the next
> marketing release of Solaris (i.e. not a Solaris 10
> update), which engineers
> need a name to refer to it by, but marketing won't
> let us call it Solaris 11
> until marketing & management agree that's the name
> they want us to use for it."
> It's never been intended to be the name on the
> product when it's released.
> 
> Since I've been at Sun, "Solaris Next" has been used
> for Solaris 8, 9, and 10
> at various phases.
> 
> Oracle's previous statements have been that they see
> the value of the Solaris
> brand, which is why the rebranding they've done on
> the web pages is simply to
> call it "Oracle Solaris."

Ok, but if uname -s ever returns OracleOS, not only will I puke, but
it will break a heck of a lot of scripts. :-)
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