[osol-mktg] OpenSolaris Anniversary Webcast -> Net Talk -> Take 10

[Ben Rockwood]

Rich Teer wrote:

>On Thu, 1 Jun 2006, Sara Dornsife wrote:
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>>The first one, for the anniversary, will be (scheduled already) a year in
>>review, a snapshot of OpenSolaris done by VP Marketing, Tom Goguen.
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>A great idea, but (if I can say so without stepping on anyone's toes) I think
>Jim G would be a more logical choice.  He's the Open Solaris program manager,
>and would be perceived as less corporate than a VP.  (I've nothing against Tom;
>he seemed OK to me when I met him at the CAB's inaugral meeting last April.)
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>'Course what with moving to Japan and all, Jim might be a little bit busy!
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Rich is absolutely right.  But I think there is a middle ground.  I 
think the Net Talk should involve both Tom and Jim.  Tom is an excellent 
voice for OpenSolaris, but frankly he's not prominent in the community, 
he doesn't have a blog and hasn't sent a single piece of mail on the 
OpenSolaris lists that I can find. 

Jim is charismatic, enthusiastic, and serves as "the voice of the 
people" far better than anyone else.  Not only that, but as "OpenSolaris 
Community Manager", it really is his place.

Putting two power-houses together like Tom and Jim would best fulfill 
the task and provide an interesting and compelling piece.

As an aside, in the future it would be kool to have an interview 
featuring the entire Tonic team.  I think a lot of people would be 
interested to peak behind the curtain a bit, especially with regards to 
people who aren't so visible, such as Stephen Harpster and Karyn 
Ritter.  I've had the fortunate privilege to meet most everyone but not 
many have or ever will.
<http://blogs.sun.com/harpster>
benr.

PS: At times like this I miss Claire.  She was really great with 
interviews and such. 
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