Darren.Reed at Sun.COM wrote: > Stephen Lau wrote: > >> Darren.Reed at sun.com wrote: >> ... >> >>> From the very start of this, my position has been that getting this >>> to properly motivate people requires a competition with a prize at >>> the end and that for this reason it requires more thought than the >>> community "just doing it." >> >> >> >> The only prizes to be offered would have to be offered through Sun or >> some other person or entity (not necessarily a company) who puts up a >> prize. > > > > Oh dear. > > The situation is far graver than I thought in that there are > more fundamental problems that still need to be solved.
Oh, it's not that bad. It's challenging, though, sure, which is why Simon suggested the other day, that marketing has the core competency here. Marketing is just one part of the Advocacy CG, but it's a very big part, and we have Sun marketing people who have contributed to OpenSolaris for over three years now. > Is making OpenSolaris a non profit organisation on the > agenda of the OGB? Or do I need to create some other > community to do that? I think you probably have to talk to Jonathan Schwartz, Scott McNealy, and the Sun Board of Directors for that. It's probably out of scope for the OGB. Jim -- Jim Grisanzio http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris
