This is getting to the point that I'm even starting to feel the pattern here, and I'm not one to proclaim bad news quickly.
http://forums.theregister.co.uk/post/815946 Since then, a couple of the names the poster speculated about have moved on. It's hard not to wonder if there aren't some policy issues with the new owners causing such an exodus...like just maybe their attitude toward communication and/or OpenSolaris. Or maybe those merely reflect some other attitude; I suspect that if they treat actual or potential customers that way, they may have some problem listening to mere engineers, too. (as opposed to parasites like MBAs maybe?) It's hard not to wonder if Larry still has a clue. (One must assume he did, once, or he wouldn't be where he is...) OTOH, this may be good for independent distros, since there's now plenty of talent no longer working for Oracle. But I just don't see the logic in the formula: alienate some major talent, and break community relationships in such a way as to provide an opportunity for that talent elsewhere. Hard to imagine how to screw that up worse, except by adding the Google lawsuit for good measure (whether it really relates, and even if it's justified, it sure adds to the negative image). What was that political slogan a few years back... "a rising tide lifts all boats"? _That's_ how to profit these days, not by going back on one's word (i.e. no 2010 OpenSolaris release). -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
