Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Volker A. Brandt
Hello Alasdair! > It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. This is sad news indeed. Thank you for all your work. It has not gone unnoticed, and it stands as an example to others. I personally hope that OI continues in one form or another. Best regards -- Volker --

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Michael Schuster
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Volker A. Brandt wrote: > Hello Alasdair! > > >> It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. > > This is sad news indeed. Thank you for all your work. It has not > gone unnoticed, and it stands as an example to others. I personally > hope that

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread paolo marcheschi
Hi This is a very sad day in the history of open-source effort, I'd like to give Alasdair my support in these moment and I really appreciate his words. The behavior of those big firms that gain a lot from the openindiana initiative, but do not contribute in the same way, is very annoying and

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread John Gardner
Sad to hear, but I can certainly appreciate the reasons behind it. Regards John G On 08/29/12 18:53, Volker A. Brandt wrote: Hello Alasdair! It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. This is sad news indeed. Thank you for all your work. It has not gone unnoticed,

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Henk Langeveld
Alasdair Lumsden wrote: Dear OI Developers, It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. Alasdair, Thanks for your effort! Cheers, Henk ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread PÁSZTOR György
Hello Alasdair, "Alasdair Lumsden" írta 2012-08-29 02:18-kor: > It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. I may, if > the situation improves under a new project lead, stick around to offer > my opinion or occasional assistance, but my resignation is final; I have > no wish

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Jim Klimov
2012-08-29 5:18, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. I may, if the situation improves under a new project lead, stick around to offer my opinion or occasional assistance, but my resignation is final; I have no wish to return to the project in a le

[oi-dev] Remnants... (was:Re: Resignation as OI Lead)

2012-08-29 Thread Cedric Blancher
On 29 August 2012 03:18, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > Dear OI Developers, > > It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. I may, if the > situation improves under a new project lead, stick around to offer my > opinion or occasional assistance, but my resignation is final; I have no

Re: [oi-dev] Remnants... (was:Re: Resignation as OI Lead)

2012-08-29 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 08/29/2012 02:42 PM, Cedric Blancher wrote: > This is bitter, but I can understand you. Illumos has been nothing > than a job generator for ex-Sun employees, and even that space has > become smaller and smaller and those depend on it will fight for the > little room available. > > Air is gettin

Re: [oi-dev] Remnants... (was:Re: Resignation as OI Lead)

2012-08-29 Thread Cedric Blancher
On 29 August 2012 15:30, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > On 08/29/2012 02:42 PM, Cedric Blancher wrote: >> This is bitter, but I can understand you. Illumos has been nothing >> than a job generator for ex-Sun employees, and even that space has >> become smaller and smaller and those depend on it will fight

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Gary Gendel
Alisdair, Thank you. I wish you well in wherever you head. You're enthusiasm and energy will be sorely missed. Gary ___ oi-dev mailing list oi-dev@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev

Re: [oi-dev] Remnants... (was:Re: Resignation as OI Lead)

2012-08-29 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 08/29/2012 03:39 PM, Cedric Blancher wrote: > On 29 August 2012 15:30, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >> On 08/29/2012 02:42 PM, Cedric Blancher wrote: >>> This is bitter, but I can understand you. Illumos has been nothing >>> than a job generator for ex-Sun employees, and even that space has >>> become

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Nikola M.
On 08/29/12 03:18 AM, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: Dear OI Developers, It is with much sadness that I hereby resign as project lead. I may, if the situation improves Thank you for Alasdair EverCity support and for making Openindiana. I think we all hope you will continue to be included as extremely

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
[private to you Alasdair - but I could also make some public remarks] Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > But it is also in part due to frustrations with the difficulty of making > any progress on the project. OpenSolaris was maintained by a large > corporate entity. We however, are volunteers, contribu

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Joerg Schilling
joerg.schill...@fokus.fraunhofer.de (Joerg Schilling) wrote: > [private to you Alasdair - but I could also make some public remarks] Sorry for the wrong recipitent list. Jörg -- EMail:jo...@schily.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de (home) Jörg Schilling D-13353 Berlin j...@cs.tu-berlin.de

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Andrzej Szeszo
Hi Alasdair, I remember exactly the moment when you said on IRC that EveryCity is sponsoring OpenSolaris-like distro effort. I was very excited that you were doing it. I am glad it was you who has started it! Thank you very much for starting OpenIndiana, Alasdair! I am sure the project will carry

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread Magnus
On Aug 29, 2012, at 2:27 PM, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Garret is the base for the recent segregation which may become the base for > the future death of OpenSolaris. I was under the impression that OpenSolaris has been dead for quite some time. ___

Re: [oi-dev] Resignation as OI Lead

2012-08-29 Thread garrett . damore
Dear Alasdair, Here at the illumos Foundation, we are very sad to hear of your resignation as lead of the OpenIndiana distribution. You have demonstrated great leadership and have been a wonderful friend of the community. We understand that such projects can be very time consuming, and we wish

Re: [oi-dev] [developer] Remnants... (was:Re: Resignation as OI Lead)

2012-08-29 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Very briefly, I think there has been significant innovation occurring in the stack -- the biggest and most obvious we all know about: * ZFS - lots and lots of goodness here, and the set of contributors is quickly expanding. * DTrace - again, lots of enhancements here. * KVM - while not integrate