[osol-mktg] OpenSolaris counter

[Glynn Foster]

Hey,

Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> Cool. I know Sun sent a lot of people to OSCON, so the more info the 
> better. Were there any non-Sun OpenSolaris community people there?

Unfortunately the one OpenSolaris BOF I went to was were pretty badly
attended, though that might be a reflection that it was on at 7pm, and
maybe people have food to eat, beer to drink, and some networking to do.

That being said, there was interest in OpenSolaris at the booth, and I
think we could have benefited from a lot more DVDs being available
despite the best efforts of Brian, Alan, Channing and co.

Hopefully though, there'll be lots of trip reports in the next couple of
days from all the Sun people who went.

>> Actually in the beer session I had with him, he sounded pretty positive
>> about where Sun was at, and indeed most people at the conference had
>> similar thoughts. They *love* the fact that Sun is trying to reinvent
>> itself, and definitely feel like we're going the right way. Though
>> obviously, you have to balance that up with the 'Why didn't they release
>> it as GPL' types of comments...
> 
> 
> Yah, he's a good guy with a good feel for what's going on. I'm hoping 
> that as we go to more of these conferences the issues with GPL will go 
> away and people accept CDDL.

Yeah, and first thing is to convince the Google guys that they should
put CDDL on the list of licenses that they allow people to choose in
their latest project hosting announcement.

>> Yeah, a lot of the Sun people who attended feel like we're missing the
>> train a little bit - it's totally not lost though, and I'm personally
>> pretty excited about things going forward because we're realizing where
>> we can do better and not just resting on our laurels.
> 
> 
> Missing the train in what way? Regarding the booth?

Just a lot of lost opportunities for getting our message out there, how
to get involved, some of the benefits for running OpenSolaris etc..
Creating awareness generally could have been better.

>> Yep, absolutely - and looking forward to more discussions while at MPK
>> this week :)
> 
> 
> Cool. Tell everyone I said hello. Feel free to use my office. It's empty. :)

Heh, sweet, though not sure I can fill your legacy ;)


Glynn
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