[advocacy-discuss] Corporate Open Source

[John Plocher]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> There's nothing wrong with saying things that someone needs to hear,
> but those things need to be presented in a positive, encouraging
> manner.

The corollary is, of course, that not liking the way something was
said doesn't mean you don't need to listen.  (it also doesn't mean
you need to Reply-All :-)

While courtesy is the lubrication that keeps societies functioning
smoothly, problems usually arise both from having too little as well
as having too much of it.

Being blunt - "hey, why isn't the Emperor wearing any clothes?" - is
sometimes a much needed wake up call that tells us that we have been
enjoying the koolaid too much.

I thought Ceri's comments were pretty much on track.  The group he
points out may not be the entirety of the target OpenSolaris community,
but they are early technical adopters, thought leaders and influencers
in the real world where OpenSolaris (our community and its projects)
lives.

We should not fixate on them, but we ignore them at our peril.

   -John (one of those old farts in the lift)