On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Alan Burlison wrote:
> Al Hopper wrote:
>
>>> I don't want to rain on your parade, but all those things you mentioned
>>> would have happened even if Indiana hadn't come along. Granted, they've
>>> probably happened a little faster, but they are all areas that were
>>> already being worked on.
>>
>> Yes - I understand that. Someone at the Summit said that the new installer
>> has been a work-in-progress for about 2 years (not sure how accurate that
>> number is). And I understand that Indiana is acting as a catalyst and
>> focusing the various development teams on a common completion timeline.
>> This will have a large and very positive impact on the end user experience!
>
> You original post implied to me at least that Indiana was the progenitor of
> those features. Over the last 6 months or so there has been a tendency to
> rewrite opensolaris history to suit whatever is "soup de jour". I think it
> is important that we keep clear about what happened, when and why.
Agreed 100% Alan and thanks for calling me on it.
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT
OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007
http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/ogb/ogb_2005-2007/
Graduate from "sugar-coating school"? Sorry - I never attended! :)
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