Ray Strong wrote:
> The following is a proposal for a Virtual Client Community on
> opensolaris.org.
>
> Name:
> Virtual Client
>
> Background:
>
> Sun provides a family of layered software for virtual client
> computing. Sun Ray Software (SRS), Sun Secure Global Desktop (SGD),
> and the Virtual Device Access Kit (VDA) provide different solutions
> for secure virtual Solaris, Linux, and/or Windows desktops to client
> devices. It is our goal to provide some elements of this software to
> the Open Source community to drive adoption.
>
> Focus and Scope:
>
> The scope of the community will be implementations, ideas,
> innovations, and research around virtual client computing. This scope
> includes, but is not limited to, such areas as core technologies,
> APIs, system administration, application support code (agents),
> portlets, and test frameworks.
>
> Initial Contributions:
>
> Sun Microsystems will initially contribute to the community elements
> of the source code for Sun Ray Software and associated management
> applications under the name "Virtual Client Software." This
> contribution will start at the time of community formation with links
> to the Desktop Manager client source, the SSMA Open Source release,
> and portlets for SGD. We will also build a central communication locus
> for discussion and support of desktop and virtual client computing
> through a discussion group and links to existing users groups. Our
> plan is also to use these forums to assist us in evaluating what
> elements of source and/or technology to release next and our open
> source roadmap development.
>
>
> Nominating Members:
> Alan Coopersmith
> Glynn Foster
> Jay Cotton
> Stuart Kreitman
>
> Core Contributors (all from Sun Microsystems):
> Jerry Wall
> Sandya Menon
> John Bondi
> Dirk Grobler
> Michael Bender
> Michael Oliver
> Michael Dann
> Ray Strong
>
> Initial Facilitator:
> Ray Strong
Hi Ray,
Your proposal looks good to me. I'm mildly curious if all the core
contributors need to necessarily have core conributor status right off
the bat - but that's not really an objection. I don't know that we (the
OGB) have set guidelines for initially populating the core contributors
and what "size" we recommend (can't find Glynn's CG doc at the moment),
so that could be our fault.
+1 from me. Thanks for the proposal.
cheers,
steve
