[OpenIndiana-discuss] "OpenIndiana lead Alasdair Lumsden resigns"

[Dave Koelmeyer]

On 2/09/12 02:48 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Sep 2012, Robin Axelsson wrote:
>>
>> I'm fully aware of the power of the command line and it is the 
>> command line that really makes me like Unix based OSes (including 
>> Linux). But making OI look well-polished with a fancy and easy to 
>> administer web-admin GUI that would encourage the average-Joe to use 
>> it as a home-NAS / virtual server is not a bad thing. That way OI 
>> would reach a higher penetration with a larger user-base and most 
>> importantly; it will get _free advertising_. To some extent the old 
>> adage "A good product markets itself" has some truth in it. But it 
>> must not only be good, it has to /look/ good so that even a less 
>> versed person will understand how good it is.
>
> Focusing on issues like this would be putting the cart before the 
> horse.  It is more important to be able to easily build everything and 
> incorporate updates than to have a fancy configuration GUI. OI 
> popularity should come second to correct functionality and having an 
> organization (of volunteers and corporate entities) to sustain it. If 
> OI is worthy, popularity will follow, even if only from people who 
> already preferred Solaris.

+1. Precisely.

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Dave Koelmeyer
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