On 8/18/06, Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck <bbrv at genesi.lu> wrote:
> Hi, given the press lately from IBM on OpenSolaris it seems the
> moment to release the code for Power and call it simply what it is:
> OpenSolaris on Power. We have supported the diligent effort of Sun
> Labs and enthusiastic preparatory Blastware ambitions for over a
> year. Polaris has been the community chosen name for the port, but
> the trademark issues related to Solaris have made it necessary to
> reevaluate the name on the advent of the release. Polaris gave us
> direction during the incubation period. With all the current fanfare
> let's push code the code out right in the middle of the limelight.
> The OpenSolaris on Power name makes the point. Let's call it that.
>
> Sun Microsystems doesn't share control of it with outsiders?
> OpenSolaris on Power here we come. The timing for "Power" could not
> be better. The new logo is out and there are plenty of new t-shirts
> to go around in the good Sun tradition:
>
> http://www.power.org/motion
>
> Of course, all OpenSolaris on Power participants will have one of
> those from us. FYI, Genesi will be promoting OpenSolaris at
> Power.org as a Member of the Power.org BoD. In fact, a new Technical
> Subcommittee is in formation. Genesi will chair the Software
> Applications TSC and you can be sure Linux and OpenSolaris will share
> equal footing. Pieter Van Den Abeele will be the Chairman. Pieter
> joined the OpenSolaris Pilot Project with Genesi in December 2004.
>
> R&B :)
I have quite a lot to say on the subject, but, unfortunately, so
little time right now. So I keep it short.
I see no reason to change the name - as far I know we never talked/discusses
distribution and its name. Polaris was coined as a name for the project.
It is the same thing as various project's names Sun is using internally
and recently externally. (example: the 64 bit port of Solaris was
named project Wayoming)
At this point we are so far from working system that discussing naming
problems for the future distribution seems to be rather meaningless.
Of course people are free to do so if they want, but it seems to me that
Pteam @ Sun can find significantly more important things to apply their
energy than worrying about trademark issues for nonexistent distro.
Just my thoughts.Not trying to offend anyone.
--
Regards,
Cyril
