Thank you both for your comments. Specifically for the eyes and ears of all of the folks on the OpenSolaris software team, I can't thank you enough for the outstanding work you've done to date on this program. The creativity, speed and focus you've all demonstrated is visible to all - and is worthy of unyielding respect. You certainly have mine. Thanks, Rich
Tim Foster wrote: > +1 This says it all for me. I'm also getting pretty sick of the rather > negative atmosphere around the mailing lists at the moment. > > We just shipped a major milestone, and people are doing nothing but > bitching about it. I'm glad the responsible project team are a pretty > thick skinned bunch, because I'd be feeling rather unappreciated if I > were them, based on many of these mails... (perhaps they're all still > recovering from the party) > > Can we please start feeling proud of our achievements ? Please ? Beers > all round! > > cheers, > tim > > > On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 13:16 -0400, Ian Murdock wrote: > >> All right. >> >> I don't even know where to begin. >> >> Does it matter at all that the feedback outside this community to >> the idea that we're producing a binary distribution called >> OpenSolaris has almost universally been: "Duh. What took so long?" >> >> Does it matter that the initial feedback on the Developer Preview >> has been overwhelming positive, that so many more people in the >> world are talking about OpenSolaris--that the approach is WORKING? >> >> Does it matter that we literally MOVED MOUNTAINS to get to where we >> are today.. To create this community in the first place, to free the IP, >> to reprioritize, to get the vast resources Sun dedicates to Solaris >> focused on doing their work in the open, to evangelize within the >> company the importance of continuing to open up such that those outside >> of Sun can participate in future development on an equal footing? >> >> Does it matter that we are inviting the community to participate >> in a discussion about how to enable broader use of the OpenSolaris >> brand, to build out a ecosystem of distributions that are compatible, >> to solve the Linux fragmentation problem before it even becomes >> a problem? What other company has done this? Shouldn't we be applauded >> for being willing to take this step--or is this just another >> case of Sun being held to a much different standard than everyone else? >> >> And, yes, does it matter that Sun holds a large stake in this >> community, PAYS the vast majority of people here for the privilege of >> being able to spend their days doing what they love, gets flamed >> repeatedly by many of those same people for our trouble, and in return >> thinks it reasonable to have _some_ say in how the community functions? >> Or is that a sign of evil intentions? Do we have to completely >> abdicate to "be community"? Isn't that taxation without representation? >> >> Or is all that insignificant, irrelevant? We haven't given everything, >> so therefore we've given nothing? >> >> I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. Not in the least bit. >> >> -ian >> _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
