[oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

magnus at yonderway.com magnus at yonderway.com
Thu Aug 30 21:33:16 UTC 2012



On Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:20:37 -0500 (CDT), Bob Friesenhahn
<bfriesen at simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote:

> Many potential users of Illumos will simply turn away if they find out
> that they only have a character terminal for console access. 

If we're talking about Illumos in general, then I don't see how this
contention pans out in the face of increased popularity of SmartOS and
OmniOS. 

If we're actually talking about OpenIndiana, 

> If
> modern X11 is missing entirely, then only those specifically planning
> to do server deployment would even consider using it.

Is that a bad thing?





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