[ogb-discuss] OGB/2007/002 Community and Project Reorganisation

[Eric Boutilier]

On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Stephen Lau wrote:
> ...
> Keith M Wesolowski wrote:
>>
>>> 		Academic & Research
>>> 		High Performance Computing
>> 
>> These would seem to have a good deal in common.  Another merger
>> opportunity?  If nothing else, I'd like to better understand what
>> makes research itself a unique element...

I don't think it's intended to be, as "Academic & Research" is probably a
truncation of "Academic & Research Computing".

>> as opposed to Groups simply
>> sponsoring research in their respective areas of expertise.
>
> Tough to say, I'd envisioned Academic/Research being more about introducing 
> the OpenSolaris platform into academia or research labs (so more of an 
> educational/evangelisation/advocacy community... so if anything, perhaps 
> something in common with the Marketing community) rather than a technically 
> focused community like HPC.

The tradeoff might be worth it though. I.e. group HPC with the community of
their choice (presumably Academic and Research), with the understanding
that the level of activity in HPC efforts on opensolaris.org isn't yet high
enough to warrant a standalone community.

Eric