I'm relatively sure I did name him, it's Murdock that betrayed the community with that announcement the other day so I'm going to place the blame at his feet.
On 1-Nov-07, at 11:05 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: > > On Nov 1, 2007, at 16:37, S h i v wrote: > >> Neither of the 2 is a win-win situation >> - The current situation >> - Going independant without Sun's involvement > > Completely agree here. > > By the way (and not directed just at you), speaking of "Sun" as a > decision-maker is unhelpful in my view. "Sun" is a legal fiction[1] > and plenty of people with divergent opinions in this community work > speak on its behalf. It is far better to name names when a decision > is concerned - they have all been taken by a living person somewhere > since legal fictions are unable to do so. > > If you know who took a decision, name them. If you don't, refer to > them as "the un-named decision maker" and ask who it is. I think > knowing who we're criticising is key to reaching a resolution. > > S. > > > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_fiction#Corporate_personality > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
