-------- Original-Message -------- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:12:22 -0400 From: Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck <b...@genesi.lu> To: Open Solaris <opensolaris-discuss at opensolaris.org> Subject: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris on Power
> 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. Where (can it be downloaded) ? Best regards, Martin Bochnig > 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 :)
