[openbeos] Re: distropia (was: unrar & about us)

"Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Michael Phipps wrote:
>   ...
> > We will put out a base distro. Pretty much what 
> > builds in CVS/SVN/whatever.
> > A bootable CD with our apps. Nothing (much) else.
>   ...
> > Distro makers can/should add other apps, art work,
> > sounds, whatever, but keep the base, core distribution intact.
> The only reasonable course of action is to take the lead,
> and keep the lead.  Presence, perfection, predation.

As long as we can, we'll definitely try :-)
OTOH if there really is a better substitute of us out there, it 
wouldn't be for the bad of all.

> (I wish I was in a better position, contribution-wise, to speak
> my mind on these issues, but nevertheless I believe this is true.)
> 
> It would be naive to think that distromakers merely 
> want to bundle a little this and that, or change some
> esthetic aspect of Haiku.

Right. We need to stay in public, so that users will come to us or 
"friendly" distributions first.

> Thinking ahead, what are likely reasons to fork Haiku?
> Can those reasons be preempted?
> (I'm not looking for a big discussion, just posing a question.)
> 
> In any case, I hope the scenario will be more like that of
> the BSDs, where low level as well as high level code 
> flow between the projects.
> 
> Consider how Linux has benefitted from polish and a penguin. The 
> (superior?) FreeBSD collects dust in comparison. Two essentially 
> identical platforms!

Nobody can predict what will happen with our little project :-)

Bye,
   Axel.

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