--- On Fri, 9/10/10, Nikola M <minik...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Nikola M <minik...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] OpenIndiana - a new OpenSolaris Distribution!
> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
> Date: Friday, September 10, 2010, 1:21 AM
> Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
> > On Tuesday 14th September, we will be unveiling
> OpenIndiana – an
> > exciting new distribution of OpenSolaris!
> >   
> Great! Hope more people will join in to make it happen.
> 
> I suppose there will be some kind of webcast?
> Few cameras to record event and also public access and
> participation, on
> IRC channel or direct. And available audio/video recording
> of an event
> (or some other ways beside IRC to participate in event over
> Internet,
> during it is on).
> 
> One question: Couldn't "Indiana" as part of name, be
> claimed by Oracle,
> since that was internal project name for "Project Indiana"
> with a goal
> of making binary OpenSolaris distribution we used untill
> now?

No.

> 
> Also, there is "indiana-discuss" mailing list that might be
> considered
> for revival and maintenance,
> (http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss)
> now that OpenIndiana is here, seems logical to revive
> Indiana list
> itself that was closed by former maintainer weeks
> ago.  

No consideration there. The purpose of 'Project Indiana' was finished a few 
years ago and the discussion forum just lingered on afterwards. Much of the 
discussion there really is best suited for other forums. Archival was better 
suited for the old indiana-discuss forum.

OpenIndiana is another project with its own discussion forums.

~ Ken Mays





      
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