Its amazing what a good drive home can do for the soul... I apologize for the outburst.
I would like to amend the previous email into something a little simpler and hopefully suitable: How can I help? Apologies, Steve Steve Stallion wrote: > (This is absolutely not a flame by any means - it is simply an > expression of frustration due to the extreme apathy I have seen over > the last several months on these lists) > > I feel compelled to respond to this, as it seems the work that I put > forward in an attempt to bring some amount of discussion seems to have > largely been discarded as well. > > Rather than fostering an environment of discussion and sharing, it > seems that lately many have adopted the 'not invented here' policy, or > rather would prefer to sticking to straight dogma than thinking > critically about what exists today. > > What gives? > > Granted, not everyone on these lists will always agree with each > other, but this is why these mediums of communication exist - debate > and discussion. It is entirely too common that individuals whom have > approached the community with potential solutions to existing problems > were dismissed out of hand. > > Solaris has been my OS of choice for almost 7 years now. There are > many areas of Solaris that are second to none. There are other areas > that need a little help too. I (and many others before me) have > responded in an attempt to help fill those gaps with little to no > success. > > Rather than being received as a fellow engineer who wishes to improve > Solaris et al and the community, the treatment received was abrasive > and at times downright confrontational (not all of the communication > was like this, but most of it). Yet, in other mediums such as IRC > thoughts are generally well received and are discussed with vigor. > > Would I join any other type of initiative that was presented to me > that sought to deal with those issues? Absolutely. Yet, not a single > soul has so much has suggested a joining of causes or a sharing of > ideas. > > The community is about much, much more than our own wishes and desires > - it is about the needs of the whole. All of us as community members > have a responsibility to respect and communicate with each other as > *peers*. Not doing so effectively closes the community and goes > against its very nature. > > I have no intentions of giving up by any means - but I refuse to put > out yet another implementation in an attempt to solve a single problem > without the blessing and input from others - that is irresponsible. > > On 5/10/07, Brian Gupta <brian.gupta at gmail.com> wrote: >> I can see I am clearly in the minority. I'll just get back to my >> projects. >> >> -Brian >> _______________________________________________ >> sfwnv-discuss mailing list >> sfwnv-discuss at opensolaris.org >> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sfwnv-discuss >>
