[advocacy-discuss] Corporate Open Source

[Dale Ghent]

On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:33 PM, Jim Grisanzio wrote:

> I'm happy to acknowledge that we are not as far along as we'd like  
> to be
> in some areas -- or even that we´ve screwed up some things as well --
> but I'd just like the "strides have been pretty amazing" bit to come
> through, too. :) I´m looking for more balance in how we are perceived
> globally and I don´t see that yet. In time, I guess ...

Step 1: Sun, first and foremost, needs to clearly and publicly state  
where it would like open OpenSolaris development be. Timeframes don't  
necessarily need to be attached to such a statement. Be truthful, and  
stick to it, publicly and in the board room.

Step 1b: The statement needs to be detailed. Not necessarily down to  
the mechanisms, but at least down to the flow.

Step 2: Stop measuring success only in terms of OpenSolaris ISO  
downloads and OS.org account creations. Start measuring success in the  
developer community by counting actual involvement. This would include  
contributions to the source and higher-level participation (eg; more  
non-Sun Core Contributors, a more diverse OGB make-up)

In closing - Passing out DVDs of a 4 month of SXDE for free will get  
you only so far. Once people get those, and then get here... they're  
going to want something that's both familiar enough and easy to bite  
into in terms of process and tools. Motivation will rapidly evaporate  
absent that.

/dale