On 10/4/07, Bill Rushmore <bill at rushmores.net> wrote: > Jim Grisanzio wrote > > Yah, I had the same experience the year before on SoC. And, quite > > frankly, it's been challenging in other parts of OpenSolaris to get > > people involved as well. I had very little response to writing articles > > and other non-technical activities, for instance. And it's been > > challenging to grow new user groups, too, since we have no resources to > > offer (shirts, kits, etc). So, I'm not sure what I can offer to motivate > > people. All I have are projects and lists. :) > > > > I think there is one thing that Sun can do that might help contributions > outside of Sun interested more in the OpenSolaris project. People > contributing to OpenSolaris should see doing so would be a career > enhancing move.
> In my opinion Sun (and others) should > use the contributors of the community as a resource for recruiting > people. -1. While motivations for different people may vary, I do not believe this as the actual cause that is limiting community growth. Moreover it is unsustainable. Community building is not easy, takes time. -Shiv
