[advocacy-discuss] The need for a separate #opensolaris-help IRC channel

[Glynn Foster]

On 30/06/2008, at 11:47 AM, Qingye Jiang (John) wrote:

> I myself feel sad for the hostile environment Indiana users  
> encounter in
> #opensolaris. This will scare some of them away from OpenSolaris. I
> think it would be nice to provide a relatively friendly space for the
> new comers. (And it is im-polite to flood the current #opensolaris
> channel, whose users believe that it should focus on SXCE, with  
> Indiana.)

You make #opensolaris what you want it to be. The more people on there  
who have knowledge and time to help people who come onto the channel  
will increase the numbers using and advocating it. No single person  
can change things, but a whole community of people can.


Glynn