Hi Ben, V ?t, 18. 03. 2008 v 07:50, Ben Rockwood p??e: > Jim Grisanzio wrote: > > hey, thanks for sending this, Ben ... > > > > Ben Rockwood wrote: > >> CommunityOne: The call for papers went out, but I didn't see anyone > >> pick up the ball on organizing for the show. Perhaps this happened > >> and I just missed it all. Will OpenSolaris have representation this > >> year? Who's leading that effort? > >> > > > > Also, I understand that the weekend prior to C1 will be the > > OpenSolaris Summit in San Francisco: > > http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/indiana-discuss/2008-March/005182.html > > > > > > Yes, the Summit is going to be great, but I didn't include it because > its not a "work" event. The conferences I'm concerned with each year > are those that may or may not have a Sun presence but are unlikely to > have an OpenSolaris presence, and in the case that they do, won't have a > non-SMI employee "community" presence. I think my presence at shows in > the past has been an integral part of showing what OpenSolaris is really > about, not just Sun releasing code, but people having the ability to get > involved and be part of the team. I enjoy every opportunity to say, "I > don't work for Sun, I'm not being paid, I'm a member of the > community".... because thats what this is all about. > > I _highly_ suggest that others concerned with Advocacy follow suit, find > shows in your area, throw on your cleanest OpenSolaris shirt and go! > Its fun, refreshing, and helps ground you in reality... the truth is, > trademark issues or governance crap isn't our "big" problem, its getting > people to upgrade from Solaris 8! And, believe it or not, you would > _expect_ conference attendees (normally a small subset of any given > companies IT staff) to be "informed", but most STILL don't know that > Solaris is Open Source!!! Sharing the news with people hearing it for > the first time is exciting and worth spending a floating holiday or two on. >
Do you count also OSDEVCON (http://www.osdevcon.org/2008/) to SUN actions? The most of organizators are outside of Sun. Best regards, Milan
