Dennis Clarke <dcla...@blastwave.org> wrote:
>
> > Dennis... I am sure that, if we had to fork, we can rewrite the binary
> > blob parts from scratch and create a truly open OpenSolaris. I mean I
> > don't want to see this OS die. I have too much invested into the platform
> > to see it go.
>
> There are four parameters of a good open source project :
>
> 1) open : open for contributions
> 2) quality : high quality code and results
> 3) integrity : can be trusted and reliable
> 4) sustainable : is not subject to vanish over night
>
> I think that a few of those would be subject to question lately. I
> certainly see no statement of plan, public or otherwise, from the new
> Oracle management.
>
> I also see NO open communication.
I see also no openness for contributions.
>From my perception, the OpenSolaris community is currently smaller than it was
in 2005.
It seems to be obvious why this happened: the expectations from the community
regarding openness and possible influence in the project have not been
redeemed.
Given the fact that a vital community is the well of customers, It seems to be
strange to see that Oracle currently ingnores the community (regarding the most
important questions from the community). I expect Oracle to be interested to
earn money from the aquisition of Sun and for the same reason, I expect that
Oracle should be interested in a communication with the community.
We are in a good situation for such a communication as we have an OGB that makes
such a communication efficient.
To be honest, I currently have no idea how we could enforce such a
communication
with Oracle without causing possible harm to the community. But as Oracle does
not answer our questions, we also have plenty of time to think about the
problem ;-)
Jörg
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