[ogb-discuss] [opensolaris-summit] My comments (very subjective) on proposed Summit topics

[Keith M Wesolowski]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 12:02:11PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote:

> I believe there are two problems: missing visibility of the OGB and missing 
> power of the community.

Are you concerned about a lack of *transparency* or a lack of
*visibility*?  I don't believe the OGB needs to be more visible; if
we're visible, it's because things are not going well.  Transparency
is extremely important, and I think we're doing reasonably well there.
Suggestions for improvement are always welcome; I should note, for
example, that although I early on insisted that our calls be open to
the public, no one has yet bothered to dial in.  So any fears about
transparency seem overblown.

> Another big problem is burocracy that makes it hard to contribute and that 
> makes progress slow and this cannot be changed by the OGB.

It's not bureaucracy (why does everyone think there's so much of it?
Do you know what the word actually means?) but a lack of adequate
infrastructure that makes contributing such a pain.  I blame Sun for
this; its insistence on maintaining control of the infrastructure and
its tortuous legal and policy constraints are a main reason more
progress has not been made.  That said, anyone could put together a
proposal to move all this outside Sun's control and accelerate the
process, yet no one has.  It's unclear whether that's because of
laziness, lack of interest, or lack of means.

> As burocracy is a self serving and self fostering system, only someone from 
> outside that has the needed power may change it.The only such person I am 
> currently aware is Ian Murdock.

You're joking, right?

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