Jose-Marcio Martins da Cruz writes: > Illumos isn't like Linux. Linux already has a very large user base, > while Illumos have a very small user base. For Linux, it's not a > real problem having some number of different distributions. About > Illumus, maybe it should be better to add common efforts to increase > the user base before each company having it's own distro. > > At our organisation, I'd like to use a distribution coming or from > some community (as debian or openindiana) or coming from some quite > solid organisation (as Fedora come from RedHat). > > IMHO, it could be better if people from these many different > distributions could work together to create a distribution people > could really believe in its medium/long term future.
You are completely correct. I fully agree. I wish Gabriele had spent all this work on OpenIndiana, maybe offering a light weight WM and whatever else Sonicle needs als an extra package. I wish Martin had done his absolutely amazing work in a more cooperative and open fashion. The problem here is that too many people want to many different things. So far, nobody is willing to give in and agree to a common denominator. Fortunately, at least Illumos is still the basis of all these distributions, and it is a very solid one. Best regards -- Volker A. Brandt -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Volker A. Brandt Consulting and Support for Oracle Solaris Brandt & Brandt Computer GmbH WWW: http://www.bb-c.de/ Am Wiesenpfad 6, 53340 Meckenheim, GERMANY Email: [email protected] Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Bonn, HRB 10513 Schuhgröße: 46 Geschäftsführer: Rainer J.H. Brandt und Volker A. Brandt "When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead" _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
