Darren.Reed at Sun.COM wrote: > Keith M Wesolowski wrote: > >> ... > > >> So I'd like to understand why you >> feel that such a step should be our highest priority. >> >> > > Because until it does, my take on it is that OpenSolaris > is a project at Sun and not an open source community > or entity in its own right. > > It's that simple.
It's not that simple. It's actually far more complex. OpenSolaris is a project at Sun that is /emerging/ into the open. Code went first. Then some governance. Then some projects. Engineers. Then a gate or two. More code. Distros formed. Etc. The main ON gate is next. Etc. Just how would a foundation make any of that go any faster or be any less genuine? I don't know all the details of putting together a multi-million dollar foundation operation to support the global development and marketing of a system the size of OpenSolaris, but I bet it would add some complexity to our current situation. Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris
