The OpenZFS project launches

Posted Sep 18, 2013 10:40 UTC (Wed) by cyperpunks (subscriber, #39406)
In reply to: The OpenZFS project launches by gus3
Parent article: The OpenZFS project launches

> The exodus from Java and MySQL

Care to explain? Has Oracle stopped shipping Java and MySQL?

The OpenZFS project launches

Posted Sep 18, 2013 10:54 UTC (Wed) by sabroad (guest, #92392) [Link] (3 responses)

>> The exodus from Java and MySQL
>
> Care to explain? Has Oracle stopped shipping Java and MySQL?

exodus: a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time

A supplier doesn't need to stop supply for customers to leave.

The OpenZFS project launches

Posted Sep 18, 2013 11:15 UTC (Wed) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link] (2 responses)

Usually all it takes is the supplier being bought by Oracle.

The OpenZFS project launches

Posted Sep 18, 2013 18:05 UTC (Wed) by tuomasjjrasanen (guest, #86050) [Link] (1 responses)

Yep. The golden touch of Oracle, probably not as legendary as the golden touch of Midas but definitely as devastating. Everything Oracle touches turns into a shimmering pool of pee.

The OpenZFS project launches

Posted Sep 20, 2013 17:18 UTC (Fri) by job (guest, #670) [Link]

There are so many examples of this it's not funny anymore. Except for the ones gus3 mentioned there OpenSolaris and Hudson which were very high profile open source projects before Oracle.

One can only wonder why Oracle just doesn't let them loose instead of repeatedly stabbing them in the back until there is no community left. There can hardly be any money to be made from this behaviour.