Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 12:55 -0500, Sara Dornsife wrote: It's all about the name. Back away from OpenSolaris Developer Preview and this nightmare will end. And then what? I hope that doesn't sound facetious, I'm really asking what you see as next steps. I think those steps include: 1)

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread James Carlson
Sara Dornsife writes: Bill, It's all about the name. Back away from OpenSolaris Developer Preview and this nightmare will end. And then what? I hope that doesn't sound facetious, I'm really asking what you see as next steps. When you feel you're ready to do so, ask for a

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Dennis Clarke
On Nov 2, 2007, at 10:16, Ian Murdock wrote: All right. I don't even know where to begin. hear hear! thanks for your candid insight Ian! .. i've only been at sun for about 10 years now, but from what i've seen it's always been a chaotic mess of consolidations replete with long

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Sara Dornsife wrote: Bill, It's all about the name. Back away from OpenSolaris Developer Preview and this nightmare will end. And then what? I hope that doesn't sound facetious, I'm really asking what you see as next steps. Ask for community buy-in on the name usage.

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Bill Sommerfeld
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:41 -0500, Sara Dornsife wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is not the argument, and you know it. The argument is that no single project is allowed to take the OpenSolaris name and claim that it owns it. If no single project is allowed to take the

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Shawn Walker wrote: On 02/11/2007, Bill Sommerfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The community may (or may not) choose to *GIVE* the name to the project to use. The community hasn't been given the right to give the name to anybody, or for that matter, take it from anybody. The community

Re: [osol-discuss] [ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

2007-11-02 Thread Garrett D'Amore
Bill Sommerfeld wrote: On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 15:57 -0500, Shawn Walker wrote: The community hasn't been given the right to give the name to anybody, or for that matter, take it from anybody. The community explicitly has no rights over the name whatsoever. so, either one of two