Chris Mahan wrote: > > > On 7/12/07, *Stephen Lau* <stevel at sun.com <mailto:stevel at sun.com>> > wrote: > > Chris, > Keep in mind that Linda is representing a body of work > that is not > necessarily all open sourced. It seems silly to forbid closed door or > hallway meetings between people when they clearly work at the same > place. > > > > Steve, I agree completely, but that's something for Sun to figure out. > > If they're going to make decisions that affect OpenSolaris, the > community needs to be in the loop, otherwise it "Doesn't Work." > > Remember, one of the perceptions OpenSolaris is trying to put to rest > is the "stuff happens behind closed doors at Sun that affect the > OpenSolaris community." I'm just trying to point that this might be an > example of something they want to improve. > > -- > Chris Mahan > http://www.christophermahan.com/ > chris_mahan at yahoo.com <mailto:chris_mahan at yahoo.com> > chris.mahan at gmail.com <mailto:chris.mahan at gmail.com> > cell 818.943.1850
Chris, right. But blaming Linda Fellingham means blaming the wrong person for the wrong (non-)wrongdoings. The same would be true for Alan Coopersmith and most others who are actually following/reading these lists. It took myself some time to finally realize (and experience!) this. Carefully study X11-discuss's archive and you will see what I mean: More openness is hardly possible. Especially not under the original legal circumstances plus the limited resources (and employees). Hence some things need time, others money, most need both. But the good intention _is_ there (I can only judje for [Xorg vs. Xsun] vs. SPARCgraphics due to my concentrated focus over the last half year). Regards, Martin p.s. I'm completely independent from, not affiliated with, SUNW. At least not yet.
