OpenSolaris – Where Next?

March 27, 2007 11:54 pm General

Stephen announced the election results, and I’m delighted to see that, first and foremost, the constitution has been ratified, and secondly, that I’ll be a member of the Open Solaris governing board for the year. It was a pretty close run election, and I only just squeezed through the post.

The elected board seems like a decent mix of people and I’m hoping it’s going to be a productive year with real progress being made on all fronts. I’m obviously disappointed for a whole bunch of really rocking candidates that didn’t make it, as I believe they would have done a fantastic job. Also disapppointed not to see a female on the board – I think that would have been a good thing for the project to encourage inclusiveness right across the community, and I hope that we continue to strive for those beliefs. Still, there’s enough fresh blood there to start the ball rolling.

Last week Ian Murdock joined Sun taking on a new role to head up the operating system platform strategy there. I’m delighted there is another person at Sun who really understands open source and communities, and really looking forward to working with him as part of my new OGB duties.

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