I absolutely agree. Innovation at the right areas is critical. Resources
are tight everywhere, and trying to figure out where the biggest "bang
for the buck" is difficult at best. But, where does JDS really differ
from the other Graphic Environments out there? I would like to see a
much more concerted effort on things like basic things like HAL, than a
new feature in JDS.
That said, the current JDS doesn't live up to SuSE, or Ubuntu. Focus on
what makes JDS a value to the user, and just (Yeah, I know ...) port the
rest of the apps from the community. If there isn't much value, why try
and force functionality into JDS where it isn't needed? Move those
resources to where it would make the biggest impact.
Glynn Foster wrote:
Gary A. Ross wrote:
Thinking about it more, do you want the Solaris Desktop to be just
another "me too" desktop, just a GUI with all of the same modules every
one else has? I would think that you might want to differentiate it
more, integrating with something like the Looking Glass project. I
realize that I trivialize the porting process a bit, so no flames
please, and a lot of times it's not as easy as it looks, but for the
most part, the basic coding is already done.
People in this community live "on the edge", most of us being
developers. Would it be possible to use this as a platform to experiment
with alternatives, instead of the same thing?
Absolutely - we totally want to encourage innovation. However, we want
to encourage innovation in the right places. I don't think it's in
anyone's best interests to fork off development from the open source
projects we're currently involved in - we simply just can't sustain the
resources needed to do a good job. I'd much rather see that happen
upstream, though having a vibrant Solaris desktop community would be
awesome too.
Glynn
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Gary A. Ross
NetOps Architecture and Infrastructure
Ford Motor Company
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