[Fwd: Re: [ug-bosug] Regarding the OpenSolaris Wiki]

[Stephen Hahn]

* Mike Kupfer <kupfer at athyra.sfbay.sun.com> [2006-01-17 11:04]:
> >>>>> "sch" == Stephen Hahn <sch at eng.sun.com> writes:
> 
> Jim> i-team ... should we respond to this? Are we going to have wiki
> Jim> functionality on the site?
> 
> sch>   No public response seems appropriate.  I have been discouraging
> sch>   wiki support on the main site on resource grounds ("we don't have
> sch>   time for this"), but am happy to hear new arguments.
> 
> I don't understand why silence is a Good Thing here.  If we don't think
> opensolaris.org is going to get a wiki anytime in the forseeable future,
> why not post something like
> 
> 	We'd like to see a wiki on opensolaris.org, but it's pretty far
> 	down on the priority list.  Having a wiki on [whatever that
> 	other site was] seems like a fine alternative.

  My recommendation is in part based on the fact that we have a group in
  Sun India with which we appear to be competing.  I am not interested
  in endorsing their product (which your current draft phrasing does).
  I am also not interested in publically discussing our standard
  organizational disarray.

  We also have a number of prominent wiki advocates on the -discuss
  alias who might leap up to criticize even a neutral position.

  Are you certain that the thread actually asked for a position on Wikis
  and infrastructure?  I'm pretty sure it was about article
  submission...

  Anyways, I'm happy to work on crafting a position statement, if we
  believe one is needed.

  - Stephen

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Stephen Hahn, PhD  Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems
stephen.hahn at sun.com  http://blogs.sun.com/sch/