> Yes, Sun does make a lot of the decisions today, in > regard to OpenSolaris, > and that is wrong, IMO. I believe the community > should be responsible for > doing their own management of their community and as > we move forward that > is happening more and more.
It isn't said out loud too often, but there's got to be a limit to how much divergence between the community and Sun can practically exist with continuing results sufficient for the relationship to remain of value to both. I don't think that's a problem as long as neither falls into the mode of behavior that pushes the limits just to see how far they can go, or for reasons that are other than practical and openly stated. After all, both should benefit by improvements to and growing acceptance of [Open]Solaris. It might not be out of order for each to come up with an etiquette guide for their own. Some might hope that on Sun's side, that would include guidelines for community participation, avoiding the appearance of arrogance, and maximizing openness wherever possible. And some might hope that on the other side there was a bit more recognition that more of why things have been done the way they are is because it has _worked_, not just to pump up quarterly reports; in which case, differences shouldn't be about "do/don't do this or you're wrong", they should be about "_why_ is it done this way?". This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
