Outside of Sun interest is what's triggered my intent to propose a formation of a Chargeback community. As for "support", that can probably mean different things to different people, but there's definitely:
(a) interest (b) need for solutions (c) benefits in collaborating (d) code (e) ideas All of the above are what I've personally seen (& done) from/for customers I talk to. This comes up now and then, yet I honestly believe it can benefit from being a community effort. There are even 3rd party companies that have been around, trying to build commercial solutions in this space. One example: http://www.instrumental.com/software/pa3.html (notice Solaris 7 :-) Thanks and regards, Isaac ----- Original Message ----- From: James Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 31, 2007 3:34 pm Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] New Community Proposal: {Solaris} Chargeback Community To: Darren J Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org, James Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Isaac R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can't communities form around various projects? I would agree if > it > was just a single project, but I see this as something wider. A > Chargeback community could be for sharing best practices, existing > > models, -and- specific projects around providing frameworks for > enabling a chargeback business model. > > I know that many customers find that chargeback models make their > life > far easier. If the community wants this, I would suggest that it > is > valuable. Is there any indications that this will get (outside of > Sun) > support? > > On May 18, 2007, at 1:26 AM, Darren J Moffat wrote: > > > Isaac R. wrote: > >> This is a draft proposal to create a new OpenSolaris community > >> focusing on the subject of Chargeback. > >> It would thus be entitled "Chargeback". > > > > I agree with Alan; this sounds like a project not a community. > > > > To me the community around may be the same one that covers the > > scheduling classes, resource management, accounting. > > > > > > -- > > Darren J Moffat > > _______________________________________________ > > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org >
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