andrew wrote:

> Basing the main website on a wiki would be a good first step in my
> view. Also, we need a better way to integrate the mailing lists with
> the discussion forums. Finally, I think we need more community
> involvement in the website. It really does need to move outside the
> firewall to fulfil its potential.

Using a wiki been the stated plan for quite some time. 
http://auth.opensolaris.org/restructuring.html

> Also, I always wondered why Sun chose not to build opensolaris.org
> using off-the-shelf open source components. I think if they had, then
> it would have been much easier to open the site up to the wider
> community. What was the reason for not using open source for the
> site?

The website software is open source, with the exception of the Jive 
stuff.  It was released in September of last year.

http://src.opensolaris.org/source/xref/website/portal/trunk/

-- 
Alan Burlison
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