OpenSolaris' Fielding leaves developer community, slams Sun

I have recently tried the two OpenSolaris Indiana previews and for comparison Solaris 10 to see what Solaris is like. The Indiana project is a step in the right direction. But it seems to me that the complete lack of open development is a major problem of OpenSolaris. The individual Sun developers try hard to make Solaris more open, but Sun as a whole still wants control and keeps making unilateral decisions.

Then there are the old school Solaris admins that resist all substantial change of their favorite OS, even when it could bring in more users. Together with disgruntled community members because of Sun's actions the vibe of the community is not positive. I feel sorry for the Sun developers because they want to succeed and are technically very competent.

Roy comments:

http://roy.gbiv.com/untangled/2008/watching-the-ripples

http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2008-Febru...

"Ok, best of luck with your future endeavors!"

Sounds like Sun won't miss him.