Cyril Plisko wrote: > 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. > >
That's entirely understood, and is part of the subtext of my concern. A project of the scope suggested which is relying entirely on contributions done in someone's spare time seems likely to struggle to achieve its goals; moreso if it's "competing" for the community's attention against one not so encumbered. Dave
