Jennifer Pioch wrote:
> So let me get this straight: Since 19 years there is a
> company-appointed group of grey bearded gurus from Shang Gri la who
> decides about the fate of projects. Is that correct?
No.
> Open source projects are either driven by democracy or meritocracy and
> not some invitation-only club for the wealthy company grey beards.
The ARC membership has been opened up, and external people are participating.
It is a meritocracy, so it will take some time for external people to have
put in the time required to merit full voting membership, but there is no
reason to think that won't happen.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
