On Wednesday 31 January 2007 07:09 pm, Jim Grisanzio wrote: > Alan DuBoff wrote On 02/01/07 11:08,: > > Let us not forget that the process we speak of is the same process that > > made Solaris into the great product that many of us think it is, today. > > It's hard to critisize a process that has turned out such a great > > product. > > An interesting process point in support of this: way back before we did > the pilot, we went around and talked to a bunch of customers, ISVs, > partners, etc. Whenever I spoke with engineers and managers from > enterprise customers about our plans to open up Solaris, they generally > immediately shot back with this: "We love that you are opening the > source, but we don't want you to toss out your development methodology > and all the processes that make Solaris great." Or words to that effect. > This came up in virtually every meeting. But, since we always planned to > /open/ the process, not toss it, we could easily answer this question. > Implementing the change is another matter, I realize, but I also see > that very much on the horizon. Which is cool.
This is really the biggest double edge sword OpenSolaris has faced as a community. How can we get software putback, but how do we keep the high standards that have been put in place. Even the customers were telling us they like the fact that Sun does scrutinize and hold such a high standard. Since going open with ON, management seems to want things faster, get things putback faster, and do more. The reality is that if we want to hold the same high standard that has made Solaris what it is today, we should continue as development has been done, educate the folks on how things are done inside of Sun, and help them be a part of the process. As with the licensing, let's not point fingers at Sun or the Community, let's try to work out things the best we can and move forward. Sun has made huge strides in what they've done, and if any of the community folks don't feel that way, they really are sheltered from the complete process of how Solaris Engineering works. -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 Engineering - IHV/OEM Group Advocate of Insourcing at Sun, hire people that care about our company! _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
