On 10/3/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote:
> My fear is that this project will contribute to a lesser result than we
> might have were its participants' energies directed towards one of the
> existing projects. I note that in the case of SVR4, the source has been
> open for 18 months, yet only Peter Tribble has submitted any
> contributions towards improving it (and they're much appreciated!). I
> find that quite disheartening, and am somewhat mystified as to why the
> widespread recognition that there's a need to improve things hasn't lead
> to energy being put there.
>
At risk of getting off-topic I want to note that non-Sun community members
most probably work for some other company. And that company
may have different goals than contributing to OpenSolaris. So they
(contributors) will have to do it on their own spare time (which is
scarce resource, I can tell you).
I guess what I am trying to say there is no mystery there. People
just have to carefully chose where to apply their energy before they
do so. And it takes [a lot of] time.
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Regards,
Cyril
