Chris Mahan wrote: > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 2:30 AM, Jim Grisanzio <Jim.Grisanzio at sun.com > <mailto:Jim.Grisanzio at sun.com>> wrote: > > > Totally agree. > > Although we've made some bad decisions these last four years (counting > the 1 year pre launch), we've also made some very good ones. We don't > necessarily have to always pat ourselves on the back, but far too > often > we judge other people far too harshly. If we can just stop for a > moment > and not react so quickly we may see that most people are trying to act > in good faith. I agree with Simon and Al. Let's learn and keep going. > There's far too much opportunity to do otherwise. > > > Jim, > > I respectfully remind you of the concept of sunk costs. > > Roy Fielding resigning made me realize there's a lot going on that the > common observer doesn't see. This does not bode well for the > project(s). Unless SMI somehow makes it right to the community, I > foresee either mass-abandonment or forking.
Hi, Chris ... I just don't see it that way. :) I recognize the problems, but I'm not willing to let those problems cloud the other things I see as well -- the overwhelming excitement and support from new users, the user groups, the university engineering students in China and India, etc. The OpenSolaris Community is not represented /only/ by the people on this site talking on these lists about these issues. The meta community is (potentially, anyway) much bigger than that, and many people are dealing with issues this community on opensolairs.org doesn't have to deal with. So, I agree with you that there is a lot going on that the common observer doesn't see. And a lot of what is going on is quite positive. It's a very, very big world. In order to remain positive we need to think global and we need to think much longer term. Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris
