On 05/11/2007, James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> wrote: > Shawn Walker writes: > > On 05/11/2007, James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> wrote: > > > Shawn Walker writes: > > > > On 05/11/2007, Bill Sommerfeld <sommerfeld at sun.com> wrote: > > > > > We have no shortage of "visionaries" in this community. What we are > > > > > short on are people who can set aside their own personal vision for > > > > > where to take opensolaris, and instead listen to others and build > > > > > consensus around where our visions overlap. > > > > > > > > The problem with that viewpoint is that consensus is rarely achieved; > > > > at least not in a clear manner. > > > > > > > > I think there's a good reason why companies have CEOs, boards have > > > > directors, etc. They ensure consensus can be achieved and that there > > > > is a consistent direction and vision. > > > > > > It may well be a structural problem with OpenSolaris, but a quick > > > check of the OpenSolaris constitution shows that no such individual > > > role exists. > [...] > > Careful, you may get more than you bargained for :) > > If you go back and check the record here, you'll see that I'm not > actually bargaining for anything. You made the assertion that > consistent and clear direction requires a single individual to provide > that direction.
Wow; well, that did not have the intended effect. That was my attempt at being funny. It seems I should stick with my day job (*rimshot*). -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types--in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor..." --Larry Wall
