> > (...) > > We need things to be made crystal clear. There is no place for hidden > agendas and secret plans in an open source project. >
Again, we are talking about the lack of communication. This a deja-vu from several mail threads. > > OpenSolaris has already taken its fair share of FUD and there are a lot of > missed expectations (including from Oracle/Sun's side). Oracle's silence > makes it look like they are avoiding telling bad news and just buying time. > If things are to end, at least lets make it a quick funeral. > > If Oracle is going to keep developing OpenSolaris as a very controlled open > source project, a fork would be able to benefit from that development the > same way new features migrate from FreeBSD to OpenBSD and vice-versa. > > On the other hand, If Oracle is NOT going to keep developing OpenSolaris as > an open source project or have plans to exercise even more rigid control of > the code base in a "see the code but don't touch" fashion, a fork might be > the only solution for people who care. I'm sure we would see many more > contributions from a community who's kept in the loop then one at is kept at > bay. > We have two situations here: a) We need to hear a lot more about what's happening with the new releases of OpenSolaris, and the future of this OS in general. From OGB, or from Oracle. b) Do ee expect from Oracle to continue supporting the OpenSolaris project in some way, and/or maybe the same way Sun did in the past? Then: a) I'm reading about "the silence of Oracle" now for more than a month. We only received two or three emails, with little or nothing about concrete plans for OS. I sent several mails starting the day the new people was introduced. Again, the results were the same. Then, as far as I'm concerned, there is only one place to look for answers, or to send the concerns we want to be conducted to Oracle people, and this place is OGB. I agree with BenR about the fact that Indiana is a CG, ON too, etc., and that OGB is where we can find answers coming from those CG's. b) Don't know how much Oracle knows about what we (Sun and non-Sun people) did to keep OS alive. It's not a question of code writing only. It's a question of a lot of people evangelizing, creating communities, giving tech talks, writing articles, and lots of other stuff. We are the community. If we consider creating a fork is the way to keep OS alive, I will be the first to contribute in the same way I did (and do...we'll have our latinamerican free software installation festival in two weeks, and I'm having meetings in between days to coordinate every detail) with Solaris Express, and OpenSolaris. IMHO, if this is the decision *THE COMMUNITY* takes about OS, there is a lot of work to do. If anybody has any concern about how much, people who develops Belenix, Nexenta, Schillix, and/or Milax could be the point to place questions. And, IMHO too, the official message from Oracle is not to let OS die. But we must be prepared to take the right decision, at the right time. Best regards, HeCSa. > > -- > Giovanni > > _______________________________________________ > ogb-discuss mailing list > ogb-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ogb-discuss > > -- HeCSa
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