[oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

[Damian Wojslaw]

Am 2012-08-30 22:18, schrieb garrett.damore at dey-sys.com:
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> Again, you misunderstood what I was talking about.   I wasn't talking about open vs. closed at all.
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> So let me clarify:
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> What is *broken* was the model of slavishly trying to follow OpenSolaris, or to be an "open & free" alternative to Solaris 11, servicing servers, desktops, laptops, and both SPARC and x86.  That was the model that OI started with -- to simply package up the bits that Oracle was providing, try to match it to an illumos kernel, and package the whole thing up.
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> What's broken about this is two fold.

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> These are all leaders, innovating in some way or another.  Can anybody point to an area where OI has contributed any significant innovation to the ecosystem?  I can't.  OI is a follower.  It filled (and perhaps still fills) an important role for the community, but lets not pretend that OI is the seat of excellence or innovation.  Other distros fill that role.
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Garrett.

While I can agree that it is a huge effort to keep a desktop 
distribution and probably most people interested in keeping it alive are 
not ones investing in it technically or financially, I have to disagree 
on one point: OpenIndiana has long ago stated they no longer want to 
follow Oracle lead and that they want to maintain their own vision of 
distribution. And while the vision of desktop may not be clear or 
clearly expressed, I believe it was there.
Now, as for those hordes of poeple that wanted desktop but did nothing 
for it, I agree with you, that your opinion is yours. While I understand 
your issues with illumos on desktop, *I* greatly appreciate what 
OpenIndiana gives me, as a user. I don't miss all those things you do. 
And you see, there are lots of people who don't. So it is good to hear 
what you lack, but I and few of my friends would appreciate it if you 
spoke in less authoritative manner next time, please.
Yes, I am one of those users that take and give not very much, but large 
numbers of me is a sad reality of any other distribution.

Anyway, those were my opinions also.

Have a coffee.

Damian Wojsław