On 10/4/07, Dave Miner <Dave.Miner at sun.com> wrote:
> 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.
Yeah, I tend to agree with you. I guess we'll see...
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Regards,
Cyril
