Open Solaris isn't perfect for the end user yet, but it has a lot of potential. I'd like to show my support to Sun by buying something from them. There's the media kit, but even though I'm just wanting to show my support I think media kits are kind of useless since Open Solaris is updated so frequently. Star Office appears to be free with Open Solaris, so no need to buy that either. The one thing I found that appeared to be useful and affordable was a plugin for Open Office or Star Office that gives you bogging functionality within the office application. This isn't much, but it is only $10.00 and it is something I can use regularly.
What I'd really like to see is an Open Solaris User membership. Members could vote for new value added features and get some minimal amount of tech support. The tech support is secondary to me however, voting is what Open Solaris needs. I don't know of any commercially driven OS that has such a support option (then again, I'm not keen on every Linux or BSD distribution and I don't get paid to blog). I got the idea from Transgaming's Cedega. Transgaming holds a monthly poll for its subscribers, and subscribers get to cast as many votes as they have subscriptions. To me this seems like a great way to run a software business, and it would be great if someone employed the model for an operating system. I hope that someone will be Sun, though admittedly my hopes aren't high.
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I hear you. I wish Sun would target the home market more ( or at all .) The other thing that drives me nuts is that they never seem to bundle the latest ( or even second latest ) version of Java with Solaris or SXDE. SXDE 9/07 came with 1.6.0_01, which while not bad still isnt ( and wasnt at the time ) the newest. Its a pain to sit and download the newest Java for a brand new Solaris.
That being said, I do love their products, and have also thought about wanting to buy something from them. I cant afford a Netra lol. I did also think about buying a media kit. Heck, if Sun would sell stickers to put on your pc, kindof like those annoying Windows stickers, but that say Solaris instead, I would buy them.
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