W. Wayne Liauh writes:
> My perception is that some "old" guards ("old," in terms of Solaris
> experience, not necessarily old age) took this opportunity and
> ganged together to try to stage a coup against the "new management".
> So far, this "new management"--whatever that means--seems to be
> doing everything right (e.g., insisting on using the /usr/bin/bash
> as the default shell, bringing out an "OpenSolaris" LiveCD on time,
> etc., etc.)That's an interesting "perception," but it's unfortunately completely divorced from reality. There's no "coup" here, staged or otherwise. There's no complaint about the use of bash or staying on schedule or producing a live CD in front of the OGB. There's no complaint about having Indiana be successful. The one question that _is_ in front of us is whether a single project may declare itself to be the "OpenSolaris Distribution" without actually getting such an endorsement from the community first. It's about the exclusive use of that name and the special status the project is claiming. [Apologies to the project team members, but it's hard to distinguish succinctly between the implementation team and the marketing.] That claim seems to be a core question. My _own_ position on it is that, although I certainly recognize Sun as the legitimate trademark holder, that doesn't in any way invalidate the OpenSolaris community's interest in the use of the name, and that interest is community-wide. Thus, without respect to what the trademark owners might do, and what name the community might have, the community must decide for itself how to reserve bits of the common good for exclusive use, and (per the constitution) that means a community-wide vote. No such vote has occurred. In short, no vote == problem. It's not about personalities or management or coups or any other such perceptions. > I am sorry that my bird sized brain only allows me to see things black and > white, or good guys versus bad. This undoubtedly caused me to fail to see > things that are "so easy to understand" (my would-be but won't-be-bothered > response to a separate post), and thus miss "the point" entirely. Someone > from the OGB can call me stupid (as someone did in a separate post), Someone did? I didn't see that happen. Just to make sure, I re-read my response to your earlier posting, and I see only a discussion of the claims you've made, and not a word about you personally. > but, unfortunately, he (there is no she in the OGB) cannot stop me from doing > the "perceiving". I agree that we need a more diverse leadership in _many_ ways -- in terms of affiliation, geography, background, and, yes, gender. As it's an elected position, though, the only remedy I can suggest is to encourage more people to run and for core contributors to think hard about where to cast their votes. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
