I am not involved in any of the decisions around OpenSolaris within Sun, nor do I know Vincent personally, but speaking as a Sun employee that has seen more than a few reductions in force so far, I think that the point Vincent is trying to make is one that most of us have learned through hard experience, namely that during these kinds of transition periods, it is best to cut people a little slack. Which point, frankly, your message shows you missed.
C. Bergstr?m wrote: > Honestly, why send this? You either do things to make open source grow > or don't. As they say.. talk is cheap. > > Is there a public plan somewhere? What does committed exactly mean? > Why would there be a doubt? These are more just general questions that > first came to mind after this and hopefully don't trigger a defensive > response.. The doubt might come from any number of things. A transition implies some confusion until the dust settles and people figure out what needs to be done and who needs to do it. So, if the mail you send to somebody at Sun involved with OpenSolaris bounces, it doesn't mean that OpenSolaris has been abandoned. Or if some things fall into the bit bucket for a while, it doesn't mean that Sun doesn't care about them. -- blu "Murderous organizations have increased in size and scope; they are more daring, they are served by the most terrible weapons offered by modern science, and the world is nowadays threatened by new forces which, if recklessly unchained, may some day wreak universal destruction." - Arthur Griffith, 1898 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Utterback - Solaris RPE, Sun Microsystems, Inc. Ph:877-259-7345, Em:brian.utterback-at-ess-you-enn-dot-kom
