Shawn Walker wrote:
> To me, as long as a project isn't doing something that is perceived or
> judged "harmful" and that project is happening "on opensolaris.org";
> they are part of the commuinty.
+1
> What it comes down to for me, is this:
>
> Would you rather see projects like Nexenta happen on OpenSolaris.org
> where they might be controversial, but are interacting directly with
> other community members, or would you rather they happen somewhere
> else where our community won't directly benefit?
On OS.o. The fact that they are not on OS.o today is either an indication
that OS.o isn't working as it should, or that Nexenta has explicitly chosen
to not be part of the community.
If the former, we /must/ fix OS.o ASAP.
If the latter, we should not loose sleep over their choice to be independent.
"If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they
don't they never were."
- Richard Bach
Are we here to build a parts warehouse or to build a car? I agree,
if OS.o was just a parts warehouse of software components that could
be used by others as they build cars, that we would need to be
welcoming to all the various car companies, wherever they chose to
be headquartered. The problem is that I don't think we are (or want
to be) only a parts warehouse. With Indiana and the idea of a community
driven OpenSolaris binary distribution, we are sounding more and more like
we want to build our own cars.
-John
