On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Prudhvi Krishna Surapaneni < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I do not think comparing OpenSolaris/Solaris with a Linux model is correct > in anyway. > Expecting code contribution(s) from the community at this point of time is > not correct either ( this is my opinion ) > > I am taking my experience as an example and framing this explanation. > > I belong to one of those new blood OpenSolaris users/developers, people > were talking on the lists about. > How does the OpenSolaris project benifit Solaris in general?. The buzz > created while releasing OpenSolaris gave an > Opportunity to me give it a try. I never heard of Solaris before. I messed > with it long enough to like it. > I loved it enough to recommend it to "Decison makers". And the company is > planning to buy the "Support Contracts". > > If at all OpenSolaris project never happend. We would have never made a > decison to get those contracts. > The Project has been opensourced recently ( in relative terms ). It takes > time for the community of users/developers > to be matured enough to make code contributions back to the project. Just > saying "What did the community do?" is not the right way to go. > > -PS > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > Cool. The community outside of Sun has already contributed code, And tested it. And 'evangelized' it. What came before isn't an issue as much as where we are to go as a community now. I don't think this thread is about (at least it was never my intention to), split hairs over the issues which have come up repeatedly on the lists. -- Cheers, Steven ----------------------- Steven Acres Toronto OpenSolaris User Group <TOROSUG> Leader http://opensolaris.org/os/project/torosug
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