On Jan 10, 2008, at 19:20, Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > There's nothing to do here but not because the Advocacy Group is doing > a great job with it (they might be, but it doesn't matter). Bottom > line is that SMI has asked an Advocacy-sponsored mailing list for > input into a private business decision. Had it asked the OpenSolaris > Community for that input, the OGB would have been involved. Since we > weren't, we can safely assume that SMI does not desire the Community's > input into this particular private business decision. That's fine; > it's their money. Therefore the Advocacy Group is not acting on > behalf of the Community nor is it even acting as a part of the > Community; the individuals in question are, of their own volition on > an ex officio basis, either providing consulting services to SMI or > performing the functions of their employment. None of our business, > in other words.
So you're saying that, for an opportunity like this one, the fact that a formal request by William Franklin to the OGB was not made condemns the work of all involved as unacceptable? Are you saying this just because "marketing" is involved or because you want that principle applied to all activities across the whole community? S.
