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It's been a tough needle to thread. Most everybody who has positive feelings about Solaris history already knows where we come from, and it's mentioned in the

It's been a tough needle to thread. Most everybody who has positive feelings about Solaris history already knows where we come from, and it's mentioned in the history section of our documentation site. For others, prominently featuring our Solaris heritage doesn't always result in a good first impression. It's pretty easy to hear Solaris and think "old" and "unmaintained" and so on, for whatever reason. We're trying instead to have people judge the software we ship first, rather than prejudge based on our history. The other perception we try to combat is that we're compatible with binaries for Solaris 11 -- after a decade of divergent development on both sides, we're just not.

cies 7y ago
> Most everybody who has positive feelings about Solaris history already knows where we come fro I was in doubt. There is an OS release every week now, I think being based on a mature one only gives me more hope. Maybe also say something about what you want to achieve (a serious alternative for Linux on the server), or name some companies that use it currently in production. > It's pretty easy to hear Solaris and think "old" and "unmaintained" This is better countered by a list of recent releases and/or recent commits. > The other perception we try to combat is that we're compatible with binaries for Solaris 11 -- after a decade of divergent development on both sides, we're just not. This is not for the front page, but good to mention at some point.