Wednesday September 21, 2005

Props from Mike Eisler to OpenSolaris

Wow.  Mike Eisler, a talented senior software engineer who works on all things NFS for Network Appliance, has some very positive things to say about the OpenSolaris community and website in a blog titled, opensolaris.org:  the Future of Open Source Communities?

Kudos to members of the OpenSolaris community - all of you - for helping to create a place where people can share and collaborate and make things happen.  There is some great community building in action happening over on OpenSolaris.org - and it's great to see this kind of pat on the back.  Keep up the good work, folks.

Here are some excerpts from Mike's blog entry.  (Still, I encourage all of you to read his entire blog.  He's a good writer.  And he's smart.  Check it out.)

"One, like conventional open source, the world outside of Sun now has direct, and early (i.e. before first customer ship) visibility into what is going on. "

"Two, unlike many large open source projects, the information for getting that visibility is well organized. "

"This is revolutionary: as an employee of another NFS server vendor I could influence the design and implementation of an important NFS client without having to wait for our mutual customers to file a trouble ticket."

"But I think the bigger point is that because Sun has made opensolaris.org so easy to navigate, so easy participate in, and so open to "outsiders", (not to mention flame free), those "outsiders" are going to find that they get much more leverage with OpenSolaris than with other open operating systems."

"Whether this higher leverage translates into increased market share for OpenSolaris versus other open source kernels remains to be seen. But the design and execution of opensolaris.org may represent the future of open source communities."

Thanks, Mike.  I really appreciate your good words.

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Flickr group for OpenSolaris Enthusiasts
           

I'm a Flickr fan.  Flickr is a wonderful photo sharing service and its founders have done an excellent job building a flickriscious sense of community.  And I'm a bit of an OpenSolaris Enthusiast, too.  Well, tonight I married the two interests and created an OpenSolarisEnthusiast Flickr group.  Check it out! 

The description of the new group that I posted on Flickr:

     Post any photo that shares your enthusiasm for OpenSolaris and shows
     how you're spreading the word about the community.

     Such as ... a photo of you in your favorite OpenSolaris t-shirt,
     or a photo of your laptop covered with OpenSolaris stickers,
     or your office wall plastered with OpenSolaris posters.

     Many of us are Flickr fans - and OpenSolaris enthusiasts - so
     here is a marriage made in heaven.

     We welcome photos taken in distant lands, on mountain peaks,
     on tropical isles - and those taken at home, at work and on the
     soccer field. Wherever your passion takes you.

     Tell a friend. Spread the word. Be an enthusiast!

Some of you have already posted some marvelous photos on your blogs wearing your OpenSolaris garb.  Hal did it in the Dead Sea, Tim Foster did it via Spreadshirt, and Mark Dixon posted on his OpenSolaris Beauty.  And I know there are more OpenSolaris photos out there. 

Let's do some sharing.  Join the Flickr group.  Become an OpenSolaris Enthusiast.  And tell a friend!

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