On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:58 PM, andrew <andrum04 at gmail.com> wrote: > > the UI spec will just have to follow > > whatever decision marketing or whoever make there. > > Given that Indiana is meant to be a COMMUNITY project, Sun marketing should > have ZERO influence on it, since it is not a Sun product. The COMMUNITY needs > to decide on the UI spec. Making decisions on a supposed community > distribution based solely on what Sun wants, behind closed doors is no way to > endear yourself to potential developers! >
It is unreasonable to have an expectation that the community gets to control work that is paid for by Sun. Just because input is taken, and then a different direction is decided upon, does not mean that community input is irrelevant or was ignored. For the good of our community, and the success of the Indiana project, I fully expect Sun to make decisions that community members (such as myself) may not agree with. As a member of the Distribution Community Group, I would encourage you to propose your own Distribution Project to the Distribution Community Group. You and the other members of such a project would be in complete control then. Cheers, -- Shawn Walker "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." - Robert Orben
