Jim Grisanzio wrote: > > > Ché Kristo wrote On 12/17/06 21:38,: > >> I think it would be a great idea for non-programmers (Such as myself) >> to be able to contribute to specific projects within the OpenSolaris >> community which we deem to be valuable. Surrently sites like >> Sourceforge offer the ability for end users to contribute, why not >> OpenSolaris? > > > > I don't think we ever considered taking cash donations from non-Sun > community members, to be honest. I could be wrong, though. I suppose > you'd have to pitch a Sun executive or the OGB if you have a strong > community interest behind your proposal. I have no clue how it would > work from a corporate perspective. > > However, I'm more interested in your comment about non-programmers > being able to contribute to the community. Are you strictly talking > about money in that instance? How about non-financial ways > non-programmers can contribute? We've talked about this many times > before, but I never really had the sense that there was a strong > consensus to do more than we are doing currently (aside from the > obvious things such as docs, mail list activity, blogs, evangelism, > presentations, etc). > Would some thing like a "drivers/application wanted" list be a viable option? By this I'm thinking of an organisation or individual offering to fund or part fund the development of a driver or porting an (opensource) application to OpenSolaris.
I'm sure I'm not unique in having the skills but not the time to contribute more to the project. Ian _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
