[...] > aggghhhh, I don't like the thought of Garrett > D'Amore and ZFS co- creator Bill Moore deflecting to > Nexenta,other opensoalris originators may follow. > IMO nexenta by hiring some former opensolaris > devs. is preparing themselves to continue developing > the opensolaris kernel on their own for their OS, > just in case the development at the opensolaris > project comes to a stall. well, by this actions, that > is the way i'm taking it.
I don't buy that notion at all. It's good for the community that Nexenta apparently has a successful model, and no doubt the talented people they've picked up will continue to contribute, if in slightly different ways. But I strongly suspect that Nexenta would have a heck of a time taking over full kernel development, even with the impressive talent they're gaining. Some people may take an external change as a prompt to re-examine their situation. It's too much of a co-incidence to ignore the likelihood that the cultural differences between Sun and Oracle may have been a factor for some of them, but these moves may reflect moves they'd have made anyway, even if within rather than between companies. In the past, some people have been uncomfortable that almost all the kernel talent worked for one employer. Now, some more of it is spread around. Maybe that means that future development will reflect a broader range of priorities as a result. That could be a good thing, and might be a sign of some sort of maturity in terms of open development (certainly Linux has more than one company sponsoring development work). And of course, please do _not_ expect a big online "why I moved" tell-all; these people will likely want to remain on cordial terms with not only their former co-workers, but even with their former managers and broader range of industry contacts. Just thank them for their accomplishments, wish them well, and be glad they're still in the community. In other words, I remain very skeptical of conspiracy theories and gloom-and-doom scenarios. Most real conspiracies are seemingly boring things that don't emerge for years, if ever. All this high drama is most unlikely to correspond to much in the way of underlying reality. It is, however, a time of change, which will inevitably will cause confusion and concern to many of those at the periphery (which is really where most of us are). Which once again brings me back to the one real criticism I have of Oracle as compared to Sun: if they want to lead a community effectively, they need to communicate effectively and not be so paranoid about their policies with respect to discussing future direction, _unless_ very specific competitive information regarding a fully product-ized offering is involved. Some of the statements they made in a presentation awhile back were encouraging, but they fell far short of the level of detail or ongoing communication that would keep focus on useful participation and feedback. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
