The OSDL Desktop Linux Tech workgroup rotates through a variety of topics relevant to desktop developers. It's an opportunity for developers and business people to ask questions about the status of Linux development and get realtime answers. ...but our format is not that of a "presentation" but rather a roundtable, similar to the format of the OSDL Desktop Architects meetings. We find that by having a meeting like this across multiple communities, we're able to connect people to activities they weren't aware of, and leverage off of each others' work. Marc J. Miller AMD Strategic Alliance Manager OSDL Desktop/Client Linux Co-Chairman OSDL Carrier Grade Linux Strategist W: +1 (800) 538-8450 x43325 M: +1 (408) 425-4017 -----Original Message----- From: Preece Scott-PREECE [mailto:scott.preece at motorola.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:46 PM To: Greg KH Cc: Miller, Marc; linux-pm at lists.osdl.org Subject: RE: [linux-pm] OSDL Power Management call 8/24/2006 8 a.m. Pacific > From: Greg KH [mailto:greg at kroah.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 4:30 PM > To: Preece Scott-PREECE > Cc: Miller, Marc; linux-pm at lists.osdl.org > Subject: Re: [linux-pm] OSDL Power Management call 8/24/2006 > 8 a.m. Pacific > > On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 05:22:46PM -0400, Preece Scott-PREECE wrote: > > Might be better to send the question to Patrick, since he's > listed as > > running the meeting. > > He reads this list :) > > And Marc was the one who invited us. > > > From the description, it sounds like they have some content > to present > > and get feedback on, but your guess is at least as good as mine on > > what the content is. I don't know Marc and I'm not usually > involved in > > the Desktop side of OSDL activities... > > Seems odd that they would want to do this through a meeting, > instead of the standard way to do Linux development, unless > they want to circumvent the process for some reason... --- Well, OSDL is one of several groups formed to try to encourage development in areas that its member companies prefer. OSDL has topic-specific working groups, which consist of people from member companies who are interested in specific technology areas. Those working groups meet so they can educate each other, coordinate activity, prioritize OSDL's activities on the specific topics, attempt to reach consensus on the direction the members would like to encourage, and so forth. I'm not sure why you think it's outside "the standard process" to issue an open invitation to community members to attend a WG meeting. I don't think there's a lot of point to pretending that, just because kernel contributions come from individuals, those individuals are independent. You think Intel and Motorola and other companies with a growing stake in the open source market don't have internal meetings to organize their activity, as well as participating in groups like OSDL, CELF, etc.? Regards, scott
