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Re: [Linux-ponder] Draft1: Athena Desktop Solaris Sunset Announcement.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Tue Dec 16 21:53:31 2008
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From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Alex T Prengel <alexp@mit.edu>
cc: Bill Cattey <wdc@mit.edu>, release-team@mit.edu, linux-ponder@mit.edu
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> Well, as you alluded to, the people on owls? I also think Athena Consulting
> needs to be involved, as they'll be manning the front lines...
Owls does feel like the right place to start, though I fear that no
one there will really take ownership and make sure the right nothings
happen (myself included since I have a number of other things on my
plate).
> > 3. What revisions does the draft announcement need?
>
> > * The imperative to reduce Institute costs, is driving a complete
> > discontinuance of Athena Desktop Solaris support sooner rather than
> > later.
>
> I'd put this a bit differently- as far as I know the economy tanking and Suns
> leaving Athena are coincidental events, however we can make the point that
I definately agree that Bill's wording was laying too much at the feet
of an economic downturn that we started hearing about years after we
decided to kill off the platform. That said we did decide to kill it
off based on the financial implications. Your suggested wording helps.
Jonathon
