'Re: [sysadmin-discuss] New project for sysadmin group. User facing'

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List:       opensolaris-sysadmin-discuss
Subject:    Re: [sysadmin-discuss] New project for sysadmin group. User facing
From:       Rick.Ramsey () Sun ! COM
Date:       2007-09-21 15:33:31
Message-ID: 46F3E44B.3010808 () Sun ! COM
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Hi Brian,

I think I understand what you're doing now.  It sounds like an excellent 
idea to me.  I'll leave you to your own devices, then, but make one 
parting request....

Keep us informed of what you're doing so we can drive traffic to your 
site.  We want to provide the content that system administrators of 
Sun-related technologies need.  Yes, that includes Solaris 10, but our 
audience works in a very heterogenous environment that includes Linux 
and Windows and, increasingly, open source applications.  We have, for 
instance, an entire collection of Linux content:

    http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/collections/linux.html

The more you can reach out to mainstream sysadmins via BigAdmin, the 
more likely they'll be to deploy open source technologies. 

It's very easy to put a link to your open source content/sites on 
BigAdmin.  Just fill in this form:

    http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/common/submittals.jsp

And if you think there are enough links out there to justify an open 
source collection similar to the Linux collection, let me know.

Take Care,

Rick

Brandorr wrote:

> On 9/21/07, *Rick Ramsey* <rick.ramsey@sun.com 
> <mailto:rick.ramsey@sun.com>> wrote:
>
>     Brian,
>
>     Would you consider taking a tool that already reaches a couple
>     hundred thousand sysadmins each month and improving it to meet
>     this need?  We recently put up a resource center, "Open Source for
>     SysAdmins" on BigAdmin.  Here's the blog entry:
>
>         http://blogs.sun.com/bigadmin/entry/open_source_for_sysadmin_info
>
>     We also created an open source page on the BigAdmin wiki to
>     encourage the community to add their own content:
>
>         http://wikis.sun.com/display/BigAdmin/Open+Source+for+SysAdmins
>
>     It seems we are both trying to do similar things.  Would you be
>     willing to explore a partnership?  We have the audience, tools,
>     and promotion capabilities.  You have the knowledge and
>     interest.  If we teamed up, you could reach a lot more sysadmins,
>     and we could avoid splintering our audience into a virtual Tower
>     of Babel.
>
>     Let me know.
>
>     Rick Ramsey
>
>
> I am very open to collaboration. Be aware, the key thing I am really 
> talking about is designing a new user friendly version of the 
> OpenSolaris.org homepage.  I am looking to bring it into alignment 
> with the needs of the greater OpenSolaris community. (Currently the 
> focus of the website is designed to bring OS Developers on board. 
> Users are pretty much left to fend for themselves.).
>
> Take a look at http://fedoraproject.org/ There are only 18 links on 
> the page. (Actually 21 if you include the legal stuff in the footer).
>
> The two things you see are "Get Fedora" and "Join Fedora". (If you 
> navigate to "Join Fedora" there are links for "content writers" 
> Designers" "People Person" "OS Developer" "Translator" and "Web 
> Developer or Administrator".)
>
> Also there are four links for "Docs" "Wiki" "Planet"(Blogroll) and 
> "Communicate" (Forums/IRC/etc).
>
> The reason I am discussing this on sysadmin-discuss, is I felt that 
> this group would have the right skills to help.
>
> Lastly, I'm not so sure that BigAdmin targets the same users. BigAdmin 
> is targetted at users of "Solaris 10" vs Indiana/OpenSolaris/SXCE. 
> Also, it is clearly a Sun corporate marketing portal. (At least it 
> seems that way from the newsletters I get.) What I am talking about is 
> to have web infrastruce that will be run and managed by the community, 
> whether they are Sun Employees or not.
>
> Cheers,
> Brian
>
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>
> -- 
> - Brian Gupta
>
> http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/ 
> <http://opensolaris.org/os/project/nycosug/> 

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