Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> And indeed, the one good thing about Sun here is that it already has a
> history of allowing employees to speak their minds, at least internally,
> in ways that may be unpopular with the senior management.
*Internally* is much different than out here where it can be picked up
and reported within minutes on the Register, Slashdot or CNet and used
by Sun's competitors to spread FUD.
> What I do hope that Sun understands is that the OGB is a
> community-elected body, and is answerable (in their OGB duties) to the
> community.
Sun management has been clear recently that while they expect us to
represent the community, we don't get to take off our Sun employee
hats when the OGB meeting starts and take actions that are not in
the best interest of our employer, so need to try to find ways to
advance the community without hurting Sun - which in many cases is
reasonable for a community that is still incredibly dependent on Sun's
resources.
Fortunately, none of us have fallen off that tightrope yet to find out
if there's a net below or not, but we're all walking it very very carefully.
To be clear - I'm not saying this to complain or publicly shame Sun in any
way, just to make sure that any Sun employee who plans to run for the OGB in
a few months goes into it with their eyes open to the reality, since I
know I was naive here when I was elected.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersmith at sun.com
Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering
