John Plocher wrote: > Joseph Kowalski wrote: >> And why is the ARC the locus of this? > > > Because, for better or worse, we are the senior engineers on the ground, > we are seeing the problem first hand, and nobody else is as motivated to > do anything about it. In other words, it's our job. > > >> You guys have a great project in mind. Get your managers to fund you >> to begin the initial investigations. Remember, the ARCs review >> projects, not create them. > > Yp, we could act like senior engineers and do more than point out > problems > for others to solve. Before that point, though, it *is* our job as > ARC members > to identify problems like this, characterize them as much as possible, > and > then go and work with management to get the problems resourced and > solved. > > -John Just like I keep saying that "Sun doesn't have a monopoly on quality", I'd like now to point out that "the ARCs don't have a monopoly on senior engineers".
Maybe we aren't disagreeing as much as it might seem. I'm just very uncomfortable to make this a ARC project. It should be open and inclusive. Perhaps many of the ARC members should/will become part of such an inclusive community. I just want them to remember that they are wearing more than one hat. - jek3
