Ian Murdock clears some doubts about OpenSolaris. The OpenSolaris source code represents the kernel, core libraries and commands from the Sun’s Solaris OS. By itself it is not a distribution.
The main difference between the OpenSolaris project and the Solaris Operating System is that the OpenSolaris project does not provide an end-user product or complete distribution. Instead it is an open source code base, build tools necessary for developing with the code, and an infrastructure for communicating and sharing related information. Support for the code will be provided by the community; Sun offers no formal support for the OpenSolaris product in either source or binary form.
Ian Murdock talks about effort to create a downloadable Linux-like distribution. However, I thought they were already there:
These are not from Sun, but that is the advantage of OpenSolaris. Others can very well make distributions. Sun does offer Software Express which is more of a developer software program.
Ian Murdock asks what would it take me to try OpenSolaris. Nothing actually, in fact I have already tried Belenix. I have used Solaris at work. It is a good piece of software, but it is not a solution yet for me. I would definitely try it, the geek that I am. But as a user, I will start using it if has a differentiator that provides value and works for me.
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