On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Martin Bochnig <mb1x at gmx.com> wrote:
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>  > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org>
>  > wrote:
>  > >
>  > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at 
> opensolaris.org>
>  > wrote:
>  > >  > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Al Hopper <al at 
> logical-approach.com>
>  > wrote:
>  > >  >  > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008, Shawn Walker wrote:
>  > >  >
>  > >  > >  > The pilot program, which was not public to us, is not recorded
>  > >  >  >  > anywhere, and doesn't apply as far as I'm concerned.
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >  Thats because the Pilot (program) was done under NDA.  Of course
>  > it
>  > >  >  >  "applies" - because it formed the basis of what is now
>  > OpenSolaris (as
>  > >  >  >  in, the Project).
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  Only the public results of it apply; is my point.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  In the end, I hear people complaining about decisions not made in
>  > >  >  public all the time.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  Well, I have the same complaint too.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  Every time I bring up a point based on public information, I get
>  > told
>  > >  >  "we decided in some private forum differently."
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  As a result, I don't really care what happened in the pilot. The
>  > only
>  > >  >  thing I have to go on is what is public today.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  >  > If those promises were really made, then why is there no
>  > written
>  > >  >  >  > record of them given how important they seem to be?
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >  Because it was done under NDA.  Because the CAB meet privately
>  > with a
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  Yes, I know that. But it still doesn't change the fact that I would
>  > >  >  expect, regardless of NDA, certain things to be a matter of public
>  > >  >  record due to their importance if they were so agreed upon.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  >  > This sounds more like a game of telephone than it does formal
>  > agreement.
>  > >  >  >
>  > >  >  >  Again - this is very rude and obnoxious.  And yet you keep
>  > persisting
>  > >  >  >  that it did'nt happen etc.  You're beginning to sound like one of
>  > >  >  >  those conspiracy theorists that say that the moon landing never
>  > >  >  >  happened....
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  If it isn't a matter of public record and no one can say what
>  > >  >  happened, then how do I know what really happened?
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  I'm not saying anybody is lying, but like a game of telephone, the
>  > >  >  original meaning by the time it gets to people like me has probably
>  > >  >  been lost.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  There is no way for me to verify what was agreed to or not, and I
>  > >  >  think it utterly silly that no formal document exists for things
>  > that
>  > >  >  seem so important.
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  Not only that, obviously not everyone agrees that what some people
>  > say
>  > >  >  was agreed upon was agreed!
>  > >  >
>  > >  >  What else am I to think?
>  > >
>  > >  Strange that *ALL* of the participants in the original conversation
>  > >  that are now speaking up have matching stories. They are speaking up
>  > >  now and there is no "drift" in the message. You just don't like the
>  > >  fact that Sun made promises that don't match your goals.
>  >
>  > Actually, they don't. Just because you don't see every participant
>  > posting to this mailing list doesn't mean that there aren't people
>  > that don't disagree.
>  >
>  > I know that there are, and I have spoken with some of them.
>  >
>  > >  The fact of the matter is you and I weren't there, so we have to take
>  > >  the word of the folks that were. Implying that they are liars, or have
>  > >  faulty memory just because you disagree with what they have to say
>  > >  isn't the way to win an argument.
>  >
>  > In the end, I don't care. Things as important as this should have been
>  > written down; at the moment, they're not worth the paper they're
>  > written on ;)
>  >
>  > >  From what I can tell, you disagree with the founding principles of the
>  > >  OpenSolaris community, and because you want something that Sun also
>  >
>  > No, I disagree with how you interpret the founding principles.
>  >
>  > >  Remember something, there are many of us who stood by and defended Sun
>  > >  in the dark days. Now, to have Sun prove the naysayers right is a
>  > >  painful betrayal.
>  >
>  > Only in some people's eyes. I see people merely repeating what they
>  > did for a long time to little result and no purpose.
>  >
>  > --
>  > Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
>  > http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/
>  >
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>
>
>  --->>
>  > "To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
>  > Robert Orben
>  <<----
>  Indeed.
>
>  I slowly begin to wonder whether or not you are reading this list's messages 
> through to the end.

Wonder no more; I really do.

>  You always re-iterate the same populist phrases.

Maybe, but I feel as though they have a result and purpose.

>  Nevertheless: Putting a false statement into an infinite loop doesn't make 
> it more true. Your recently proposed distro-creation CG is quite redundant: 
> It must be going to end up in something like "IndianaAgainDistro".

To my knowledge, I have made no such statements. As for the CG,
Indiana is sponsored by a different CG currently and it has nothing to
do with my personal reasons for proposing one.

>  Your line of reasoning is starting to become funny. I sometimes wonder where 
> you take all those unique enlightenments from.

We all need a laugh now and then.

Cheers,
-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/

"To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so." -
Robert Orben

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