On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 7:24 PM, Steven Stallion <sstallion at gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Martin Bochnig <martin at martux.org> wrote: >> Dear OS/Net crowd, >> >> I'm on this alias for over 2 months now. >> >> I signed up after having found good starting points at >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/ >> and >> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/on/flag-days/ . >> >> Over time I noticed, that ? - ? very much unlike lists like >> caiman-discuss or xwin-discuss ? - ? no actual development >> communication is taking place here. >> Then you shouldn't wonder, that only few are seriously joining you >> (or: able to join you). You guys not only get all training for free, >> but you also discuss everything, day in and day out. Unfortunately >> behind your Firewalls > > ... > > As a Sun external contributor, emails like this really piss me off > (funny how they always seem to come from the same people). > > I have been involved with OpenSolaris for over three years now, and I > cannot *once* recall a time where I felt "shut" out or left in the > cold. Like everyone else, I dove into the documentation (of which > there is certainly no lack) and the mailing lists. > > I have never had an issue finding (or working with) sponsors. These > engineers at Sun have never once ignored any comments I have made, and > to be completely honest, have been more than gracious in sharing their > knowledge and engineering experience. I for one, am flattered by the > amount of attention that is spent on the community as a whole. > > All of the comments above apply directly to ON (specifically the > drivers, networking, and storage communities). I strongly believe you > get out what you put in - if you feel that it is enough to simply > ghost lists and run nightly(1) on occasion, you are going to be > disappointed. If you are not actively participating in *any* project, > why should anyone go out of their way to educate/inform you? > > Regards, > > Steven Stallion
I asked a question. I was polite. I didn't repeatedly apologize for things that I said in the _past_? Read my questions. I wondered about the purpose of this list. And about the differences to other lists such as caiman in terms of traffic. I said that I think many things are still being discussed on internal lists. That's not true? That's good? I am not participating in *any* project? I didn't know that. p.s. I hardly work with nightly. So I really only "run it occasionally". I prefer bldenv for actual work.
