Bart Smaalders wrote:
> Joseph Kowalski wrote:
>
> Now you feel that PSARC should be involved before a preview are done, so
> that expectations are not raised/dashed w/o appropriate review?
In a perfect world, YES.  Its not a requirement, just part of the 
history of successful
projects. Come early, come often.

Note, I never said that PSARC should "deny" a prototype. Its all about 
communication.

Do you feel that Indiana has a good job of communication with the 
remainder of
Sun and the OpenSolaris communities?
> Should
> you also  vet our discussions on  opensolaris aliases so those
> would not set any expectations that would not meet w/ PSARC approval?
Yep, its all about communication.  (vet is a rather strong word)
> Indiana is a prototype.  Things are going to change.  It's going to be 
> different.
>
> Innovation requires experimentation.  Experimentation implies both 
> positive and
> negative outcomes; we aim to learn from our mistakes and share the 
> experience
> with the world during development.  This means that we _will_ try 
> something that
> doesn't make it into the finished product for one reason or another. 
> That's ok.
>
> It's a prototype.
Could you please point me at the outward facing descriptions from 
Indiana which
set the customer expectations so that we can be comfortable that its 
just a prototype?

- thanks,

- jek3


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