[advocacy-discuss] The OpenSolaris "Attitude"

[Stefan Parvu]

>Then he should know not to speak out on stuff he knows nothing about.

>He's not just a developer. He's the leader of a global community of 
>developers, and his words carry a great deal of weight with them and 
>reports, analysts, and customers. Just as we shouldn't criticize the 
>bits in Linux we know nothing about, he should give us the same 
>professional courtesy in return. If not, ok, I'll continue pointing to 
>these things, and we should continue correcting the record. As long as 
>we don't attack back, I think it's our responsibility to correct this 
>stuff. Which is exactly what has happened in this case.

I think it is a waste to even talk about him and his reactions.

He always has been a caustic person trashing anything which comes near him
or is not related with Linux: QNX, Solaris, BSD. 
Thats his style and thats how he attracts attention around him.

Regarding his attitude about new or other technologies: I wouldn't be that
confident that he is that open minded in seeing anything except his own 
work as the most important thing. As a leader of a community he is 
creating the same attitude towards every member, making a pain sometimes
to have a normal chat with any Linux developer or maintainer from outside.

Cheers,
Stefan