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<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dear Open Fabrics
Community,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am currently
Chairperson for the Enterprise Working Group (EWG) committee for OFA. By way of
quick introduction,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>the EWG was formed
to promote</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>a single commercial
release of the OFA stack, in order to encourage all participating OFA members to
test, package and</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>support a unified
release. The alternative was to have each company take different snap shots at
different times, and </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>release
independently of one another (which we felt would confuse and frustrate
customers). This resulted in the successful</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>release of OFED 1.1,
and continues to drive the process in the form of OFED 1.2 which is the next
scheduled release.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>In order to insure
fair and balanced management of this process, I am seeking a Co-Chair to help
drive these efforts moving </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>forward. The ideal
person would have a fair understanding of the technical issues invovled in a
release, and perhaps more</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>importantly, a broad
view of the evolving industry requirements in order to help steer the inevitable
trade-offs made between </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>new technology
introductions and current customer stability. If you, or someone you know, would
be willing to contribute</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>to the OFA community
in this regard, please consider submitting them as a nomination for Co-Chair of
the EWG.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007></SPAN><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT
face=Arial size=2>All nominations should be submitted to me directly at <A
href="mailto:jriotto@cisco.com">jriotto@cisco.com</A>. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much
- jamie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=757252722-18012007>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Jamie Riotto</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Sr. Director
Engineering</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Server Virtualization
Business Unit (SVBU)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Cisco Systems</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>408-853-7813</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>jriotto@cisco.com</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV></BODY></HTML>