Tuesday June 14, 2005

I find this article rather ironic. After the "hurry up and deliver OpenSolaris" we have been getting from SVN, "wait and see" is the current spin.

The article did not give one grain of credit for accomplishing what we said we would do. I know what is even better than "wait and see". How about "join and participate". That way, there is no need to be on the outside looking in and asking Red Hat what they think.

There's lots of notable comments in the article:

An open-source program should not be implemented as a marketing hook to drive incremental sales," said Leigh Day, Red Hat's spokesperson.

Two words for Mr. Day: Fedora Core.

Mr. Day then continues: "Open source is a strategy for development and building communities of use. Truly implementing an open-source strategy requires a long-term commitment; it is not a term to be used opportunistically".


Sun is educated on value of open source. Sun was building communities before Red Hat was a glint in Mr. Young's eye. Mr. Day, please feel free to visit SunSource.net to learn more.

Then there is this comment:

"And some analysts fear that Sun's internal development staff may stand in the way of building such a community."

And then this one:

Still, if Sun isn't successful with the service path it's chosen, Weiss said he fears that this might be "the last stand for Sun."

Is it just me or was this article generally written before the interviews? At Sun, we all know that while a huge hurdle was just overcome, there will be many more. But, hey, come on now. There are plenty of positive things to say about OpenSolaris. I suppose this is why we love to blog at Sun. To provide an (unfiltered) alternative point of view.