Ian Murdock writes: > Does it matter at all that the feedback outside this community to [...]
No. None of those things are actually under discussion here. What's under discussion is the taking of the name "OpenSolaris" and the branding of this particular distribution as the one and only OpenSolaris developer distribution *without* any corresponding community endorsement of that decision. Yes, of course we're well aware of what the project is doing. It's great that it's getting good reviews. The amount of work done in a very short period of time is just fantastic. I think the project team needs to be commended for taking a huge leap forward. But the lack of communication in this case has been disastrous, and the messaging used simply atrocious. That's the part that needs to be fixed, and fixed quickly. I have no doubt that a release like this will eventually be "the OpenSolaris distribution." I think that'll be a good result. However, I continue to believe that this requires *explicit* community endorsement, and is not something that can be dictated by Sun's management. > Or is all that insignificant, irrelevant? We haven't given everything, > so therefore we've given nothing? It just misses the point. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
