Glynn Foster wrote: > Hey, > > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 18:21 -0500, Dave Miner wrote: >>> Given that we're now doing most of our development out in the open, is >>> there any real reason why we can publish this? [1] >>> >> Unfortunately, there are several references which aren't public; some of >> them may get pushed out later. I felt it was worth including them at >> least for the people who could access them, in this particular case >> because demonstrating alignment with marketing seemed to be a positive. >> Not everybody agreed with even having that reference to the MRD/PRD, >> though. > > That's cool - the reason why I'm asking for this is not only because > we're supposed to be an open community with open communication and > development, but also I believe that it's fundamentally important for > non-Sun people to see what goes on behind the scenes and what influences > in strategy/roadmap there are from a corporate point of view. > > Thanks for asking though - you're a brave man ;) >
I talked to Marketing, and the answer is that their requirements documents will not be released, as they reference specific customers by name and their feedback is governed by confidentiality agreements. Perhaps in such future exercises we'll produce scrubbed documents which are suitable for release (here I'm hoping, they haven't committed), but that's not the case this time. Dave
