> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 20:03 -0400, Bill Rushmore wrote: >> I see no reason why the community needs yet another project. We have two >> good places to get what we need what could a new community here provide >> besides usurping what has been done already? Again, I am not saying this >> to be arguementive, I am just still not getting why we need this. >> >> Now Sun may have need for this to address open source software for >> Solaris, but if I ran the show at Sun I would just put the resources that >> would be used for the CCD into Blastwave.) > > I think we need to scope this out, both in terms of process, technical > and user requirements - if proposing a new project does that, then I > think it's for the best. > > I don't think anyone can really morally stand up and say 'Use Blastwave' > or 'Use X, Y and Z' without really sitting down, putting some hard > thought into what we need, and figuring out what the current situation > is. Political or personal problems aside, if this is going to fly, we're > all going to have to make compromises for greater gain, Sun included. > > I'll be the first to stand up to say that I'm disappointed in how the > opening in CCD has been handled, but given that I've gone through a > similar thing in helping to get the JDS source and build environments > opened, I'm not hugely surprised. > > > Glynn >
There must be a way in which we can work together. Compromises made and fences dropped. I am always trying to be a peace maker despite all my noise and passion. There must be a way to proceed with a dream that I have had for years and years. I once had this vision that Solaris users could simply jump into a "The Network is the Computer" sort of project and have instant access to software tools, people, documentation and a whole community that works together to solve each others problems and openly exchange ideas. The open source needs of Solaris users begs for such a construct. Blastwave was created such that people in the Solaris community could get a free account and have access to the tools and the hardware and the people. For free. They could create and share. Back when those tools were big money this was a cool thing. I have been holding in reserve a whole other domain name, OPN4.org and all other extensions. Open for users. Open for corporate and even just Open for me. I had this dream that I could somehow build a net of systems running a host of services that people could join, access use and share. For free. I'm most likely just a dreamer. -- Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
