There's no reason to pre-commit either way. You can have OpenSolaris and SXCE within the same root zpool:
<p><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/bobn/entry/solaris_and_opensolaris_coexistence_in">Solaris and OpenSolaris coexistence in the same root zpool</a> <p>I've used the technique described there to install SXCE onto my OpenSolaris box. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org