Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Stephen Lau <stevel at opensolaris.org> > wrote: > >> Yeah, the discussions happened off-list and on the OGB meeting con-calls >> (which, btw, are open to the public - we had a number of community >> members dial in). >> > > *nod* The problem is often the turnaround and format of the minutes > in a con-call isn't conducive to saying, "Hey! We're working on > this." In Apache, our Chairman (or sometimes the Sec'y) sends out a > brief summary immediately after every call so that folks know the > highlights of what happened before the formal minutes are approved. > > That's a really good idea, I'll try to do that for our next meeting while Glynn (Secretary) prepares the formal minutes. Thanks. >> For what it's worth, and I know that after-the-fact, >> it's probably not worth much - but in case you want to know.... OGB >> members brought up alternatives, including the "Indiana, an OpenSolaris >> Distribution", but Sun is very much set on remodeling the community >> around a MySQL model and declaring Indiana the "one true OpenSolaris". >> > > Is this driven by the Indiana team, or by the greater Solaris Engineering > team? > Hrm. There isn't really an "Indiana Team". There are certainly members of Solaris Engineering doing things Indiana related, but that's a different set of people working on Indiana within Solaris marketing. > My hunch from reading the lists is that some members of the Indiana > team don't feel a particular need to engage the larger OpenSolaris > community. And, that's part of the problem. If the Indiana folks > were to buy into the community aspect instead of deeming the > OpenSolaris name as their moral right, then perhaps that viewpoint > might change. -- justin > Tough to say... there are certainly members of Solaris marketing's Indiana team (Glynn Foster & Sara Dornsife) who have engaged with the larger OpenSolaris community quite well. Whether the advice that they pass on up their management chain is followed is a different story, and it's a shame because when it isn't followed, they end up taking the flack for it.
You'd be hard pressed to find someone who isn't more community-focused and engaged than Glynn, but it seems like this 'mv Indiana OpenSolaris' decision was made by Sun executives -- and they definitely *aren't* engaged in the larger OpenSolaris community. cheers, steve -- stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
