On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, John Plocher wrote:
> John Sonnenschein asked in [bug 553]:
>> Can you reasonably and truthfully say that if you agreed with the side in
>> opposition to your employer, you could take that position without fear of
>> retribution?
>
> Here goes one of those "bet my job" emails :-)
No fear of that John. You're a valuable employee and OpenSolaris
contributor.
.... snip .....
> I think it is safe to say that most (if not all) of us are distressed
> by the *way* that the Indiana project was initiated and developed
> outside the view of the community and by the *way* it was positioned
> as the sole recipient of the OpenSolaris name. "Legalisticly",
> according to the charter and constitution, what Sun did was perfectly
> OK; from a social values/"equal footing community participant"
> perspective, however, many feel betrayed because the above principles
> were violated, and they feel that Sun no longer is playing by the same
> rules it set down 3 years ago.
+1
Well said John!
Regards,
Al Hopper Logical Approach Inc, Plano, TX. al at logical-approach.com
Voice: 972.379.2133 Fax: 972.379.2134 Timezone: US CDT
OpenSolaris Governing Board (OGB) Member - Apr 2005 to Mar 2007
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