Hi Form my personal opinion Oracle should make only one statement that could resolve and blow away the fear from users / customers contributors, illumnos project members and so on:
We - Oracle decide that our effort should be to build the strongest and best Server OS with Solaris11. That's our business, that's our core! On the other side, we of course support contributors to make a desktop version from the source of the upcoming Solaris11 to broaden the user base of solaris OS - show the key concepts and all this. It's as simple: Support Illumnos for working together. Help with Servers, code and technology needed for desktop and small server systems help, belenix, schillix, stormOs and all this people who love to have the best OS on the working machine - NOT ONLY on the BIG IRON in the DATACENTER! It of course makes sense - for Oracle - to ship some things only with the Server Version (Solaris11) but it makes much more sense to support the community and broaden the user base, let them use most of the key concepts of an Big Iron based Server OS and make them hungry really hungry for Solaris11 to be installed and of course payed for on ther server machines! But don't stop all the effort for the people who like to have a home own screwed NAS box with the power of Solaris. Don't stop the community getting more attention on this wonderful OS. I've seen all this with OS/2 from IBM. They made big mistakes. So why should Oracle do the SAME? Only because it doesn't make money? It Makes Money - if the concept is the right one: If your are in Business - and do have Servers - you need contracts (as we do) but I won't pay for my laptop to have an Solaris on it - because it should come fŕom the community.... So please Orcacle - Think about decisions that will kill on the long run your userbase! I would really enjoy to buy support for our server iron, if I can use an oracle supported (in which way ever) community that operate on the smaller "irons" out there. Best regards - hopefully many will sign this too! Michael Widmann bayoda gmbh Austria Maybe we are one of the alien people who bought support contract for OpenSolaris 2009.11 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
