michael schuster wrote:
On 13.03.10 08:30, James C. McPherson wrote:
[snip]
In the meantime, your sales rep should be able to get some
more information for you.
and, what's more, be able to communicate your interest to the people
James alludes to above.
Michael
Michael's right, and I can't emphasize this enough: while James,
Michael, myself, and other now-Oracle employees inhabit many of the
lists on opensolaris.org, we're here primarily in a technical aspect,
though we certainly have personal opinions. Realistically, our opinions
don't have much impact (if any) on the direction management takes with a
product. And we certainly are not authorized (or even could) speak to
official directions of products, other than re-iterating what has
already been publicly stated elsewhere.
YOU, the end-user (and, hopefully, purchaser of lots of expensive
stuff!) are who they really listen to.
The primary way that you get to impact development is to communicate
what you want (and, frankly, are willing to pay for) to Oracle
Management. And the simplest, most effective, easiest way to do so is
(1) TELL YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE (or whomever else you have a business
relationship within Sun or Oracle) and (2) VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS - back
up what you say with concrete examples to your SalePerson of how you
spend your money. If they see you spending it on other folks, they're
gonna want to know why (and how they can get a slice of that revenue).
--
Erik Trimble
Java System Support
Mailstop: usca22-123
Phone: x17195
Santa Clara, CA
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