[advocacy-discuss] new book coming on community

[Ben Rockwood]

Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> However, what has been most gratifying about this community -- the OSUGs 
> -- within the greater OpenSolaris community is that it has been growing 
> steadily since Day One, and its personalty seems defined by global 
> cooperation, not internal conflict. Have you guys noticed this too? I`m 
> on all the OSUG lists and I see people talking about technology, doing 
> evens, and basically just hanging out and hacking on OpenSolaris. Some 
> are more active than others, some are more passionate than others, some 
> are more technical than others. But everywhere I look on the OSUG lists 
> I see that everyone is welcome. And the entire thing is just moving 
> along at its own understated pace with relatively few resources and very 
> little structure. In fact, we seemed to grow faster when we reduced our 
> processes! Granted, we are still very small (around 5,000 people) within 
> the entire OpenSolaris community, but revolutions have started with far 
> less. And you have to start somewhere, right?
>   

I entirely agree that of all the efforts put forth by the OpenSolaris
community, it is the OSUGs that have been the most profitable and
expansive. 

While I shall not rant (as I have done this all to often in the past), I
do encourage both Sun and the OGB to contemplate why this is so.

benr.