SmartOS will never be used on a smart phone. Illumos is just not meant for embedded environments.
Samsung are a huge company. They're one of the largest software integrators in the world, so they have a lot of need for cloud services. So I can only see it as a positive. On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Miles Fidelman <[email protected] > wrote: > That's my initial reaction as well, though it really depends on what > Samsung has in mind for Joyent, and how independent it will be. > > It could be that they're looking at Illumos as an alternative to Android > for their smartphones. If so, > > - their smartphone software is a case of "allmost, but not quite" - I've > been using the Samsung Note for years, and their software has interesting > functionality, but key things tend to be missing, and there are weird bugs > (particularly when it comes to Mac syncing) -- I'd be a bit worried about > both their overall management of software development/deployment/support, > and that a focus on mobile will be at the expense of server-side > applications > > - if they're trying to make a data center play, then this might be a good > thing - depending on how well they play in the open source ecosystem (where > they don't seem to have much of a footprint to date) > > Meanwhile, I think I'm happy that I'm still in the experimental phase with > Illumos distros, and still using Linux for operational servers. > > Miles Fidelman > > On 6/16/16 3:32 PM, Micky wrote: > > I think it'll be a disaster for SmartOS ecosystem. > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 12:21 AM, Clay Eden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> https://www.joyent.com/blog/samsung-acquires-joyent >> >> Anyone else have a thought? I'm assuming this is going to help the >> ecosystem with resources, and trickle down to Illumos. >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Clay Eden >> > > > -- > In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. > In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra > > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/22984186-fca9c571> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
