Could always pool some money and take out an ad in the vein of the
Solaris x86 one ('Shame on you Larry' ?) =]If their actions are truly driving away sales (or at least limiting themselves to customers who want to run Oracle DB), pointing it out in a forum used by both them and their big customers might get the attention of people who can do something. ... Of course one has to be careful with what the message is in case that 'something' ends up being an action other than what was hoped for =] It certainly _feels_ like Oracle is practicing what is often called 'benign neglect' wrt to the Opensolaris community, whether that's their intention or not. So dissolving the OGB _might_ just be what they're wanting (and why get their hands dirty if they don't need to). Of course the deafening silence makes it hard to know what those in control are thinking. It could also be that they want to do the right thing, but not being in a situation like this (as has been pointed out, while Oracle has a fairly long track record participating in open source communities, it's never really LED any), they are failing badly so far, and perhaps just needs help (in which case the wrong message might make them decide to take their toys and go home). On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Edward Martinez <[email protected]> wrote: > i think dissolving the OGB will make Oracle show its true colors about > OpenSolaris. if they want to keep it active they will probably appoint new > OGB members or just close up shop. > > But i think is better to wait after the OpenWorld show to dissolve, who > knows they may have a surprise. > > . > -- > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
