Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Down to earth roadmap

2013-03-04 Thread peter jones
The first move would be to directory list existing / could provide hardware/software support services on the website as a migratory step. Rob On 22 February 2013 14:48, Stefan Müller-Wilken < stefan.mueller-wil...@acando.de> wrote: > For the time being, all we can expect is people to feel an

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Down to earth roadmap

2013-02-22 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
For the time being, all we can expect is people to feel an 'inner urge' to put their personal time into this. Again: where would Linux stand today if early adopters had waited for support contracts or full-time positions to feed them? No, you must simply feel, or even stronger, you must *know* i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Down to earth roadmap

2013-02-22 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 22/02/2013 13:51, Jim Klimov wrote: Also, is there some required or sufficient amount of progress in illumos-gate alone (i.e. Saso's new ZFS features, recent integrated driver updates and generic features and bugfixes contributed by many developers) to warrant creation of a new (pre-)release?

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Down to earth roadmap

2013-02-22 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2013-02-22 10:23, Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote: Dear all, I think the whole support discussion might be futile. Let's face it, OI does not have the backing commercial organization others have. But so didn't Linux in its beginnings. The rules for using OpenIndiana in a professional environmen

[OpenIndiana-discuss] Down to earth roadmap

2013-02-22 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
Dear all, I think the whole support discussion might be futile. Let's face it, OI does not have the backing commercial organization others have. But so didn't Linux in its beginnings. The rules for using OpenIndiana in a professional environment are clear and everyone can decide if lacking com