On Feb 17, 2008 4:17 PM, Brandorr <brandorr at opensolaris.org> wrote: > > We can however come to an agreement that a new name is needed,
So you come up with a new name. What then? Are you proposing that the OpenSolaris community be renamed? I don't see any provision in the charter or constitution for doing so. If dropping the existing name is attractive, then why is there such a fuss about controlling that name? Essentially you have to fork; with a Sun-supported OpenSolaris branch and some external insert-name-here branch. Perhaps that's not such a bad thing. The OpenSolaris community would end up being those aligned with Sun's aims; others could find or form other communities and organizations more closely aligned to their aims. It would remove the political tensions inherent in a community that has groups trying to head in different directions. There's no reason people couldn't be involved in more than one of these different organizations. And I note that Nexenta hasn't done too badly out of staying independent. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
