>>If there is no money in it then there is no business >>case for it. Plain and simple. Open source is not >>all about some utopian vision of free wheeling and >>fancy free give aways. It is business. >>- >>Dennis Clarke > > Huh?? Not everything in life is devoted to the >purpose of making money or getting rich.
>>"rich" is the wrong word. The word you are looking >>for is "viable". You first commented on 'no money in it' not the 'viability' of it. My wording was correct. ;o) > Every business case is not written with the purpose of making money. >>I think that you would have a very hard time at the >>Harvard School of Business with that attitude. Harvard backs your comment on that?!? :oP Most of us know of the 'we are in business to make money' slogan but hopefully we have a few more business and community ethics beyond **just** that. No?? Sun was commented on looking to port Solaris to Tier1 platforms (back in Y2006) and there was a recent private company working on their own port of Solaris for PPC. Guess they had a business case for that project that was newsworthy, no?? I know we are probably looking at things in Y2008 and beyond and not what we thought previously (<Y2008). Things have changed and we are now in the ages of POWER6, 8-core Intel and SPARC chips, and 64-bit computing for the common user. Cyril wrote in his Y2005 article (see: http://mountall.blogspot.com/2005/01/my-favorite-os-on-powerpc-rebirth.html) that "As much I was excited when it was released, as much I was disappointed when I learned that PowerPC port is canceled. That's why when I got on OpenSolaris Pilot program first thought was - that's a wonderful opportunity to bring the best UNIX out there and one of the best CPU architectures together again...". So, if the attitudes our OSol PowerPC leaders have changed over the years (have they?!?) then so be it. Anyway, Dennis, you may have a point and you don't seem to be alone in your beliefs. I'd hope there was a 'common ground' for the point of debate but it seems certain other OsSol/PPC leaders feel the 'viability' is not there enough to warrant future investment(s) or a true business case. If so, then I'll respect it. Just a point of debate, nothing personal. ~K ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
