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D'Amore: The Hand May Be Forced
Illumos founder Garrett D'Amore looks toward the future of that project given the changes at Oracle. "So, by their actions here, Oracle may be forcing Illumos to 'fork', which was always a prospect, even if not one I cherished. But with the backing of the innovators I know who are with us, I think we have a chance to actually be the premiere foundation for SunOS derived technology. Oracle may be investing more into Solaris, but if the best and brightest have left for greener pastures and are contributing to Illumos, then I think we'll have the 'best' investments in the base. Following Oracle's lead when the brightest minds have already left looks less and less desirable by the moment."
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D'Amore: The Hand May Be Forced Posted Aug 16, 2010 15:58 UTC (Mon) by ESRI (guest, #52806) [Link]
Something that's been mentioned (and by Garrett himself) is the "brain drain" Oracle has suffered of late -- specifically in the Solaris / ZFS areas.
Engineering talent like some of these guys have isn't easy to replace. How successful will some of them be at their new companies? How successful will Sun be in reproducing their work with more, but less skilled replacements?
I know Nexenta has some top people, and this alone makes me still comfortable with them (potentially). I'd like to see them continue to pull in more top talent...
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