On 7/26/09, James Carlson <carlsonj at workingcode.com> wrote: > On Jul 26, 2009, at 9:44 AM, Jennifer Pioch <piochjennifer at googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > On Wednesday at the PSARC meeting. Only regular PSARC members can vote. > > > > > > > Who elected the PSARC members? > > > > Nobody. Sun's CTO founded the ARC 19 years ago.
So let me get this straight: Since 19 years there is a company-appointed group of grey bearded gurus from Shang Gri la who decides about the fate of projects. Is that correct? Don't you think this is undemocratic, unfair and contradicts the spirit and intention of OPEN source? Going even further: I think the current ARC business contradicts the fundamental believes behind OPEN source: Open source means that processes, procedures and groups are OPEN to everyone and not some company-appointed group. Open source projects are either driven by democracy or meritocracy and not some invitation-only club for the wealthy company grey beards. Jenny -- Jennifer Pioch, Uni Frankfurt
