Re: [osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-15 Thread Sean .
Was just reading this on the Register myself. This is not good news for the future of Solaris at all never mind OpenSolaris. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-15 Thread Bruno Sousa
On 15-7-2010 11:27, Sean . wrote: Was just reading this on the Register myself. This is not good news for the future of Solaris at all never mind OpenSolaris. With all my respect to the developer in question, i think we are going way out of line here. Despite all the value of a person a

Re: [osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-15 Thread Sean .
I don't see it as bad because one person leave, even if they are the lead developer however past experience has seen these kind of things lead onto others following suite which could mean Solaris could start to move in a different direction. Maybe I'm just being pessimistic because the

Re: [osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-15 Thread Bart Smaalders
On 07/15/10 02:27, Sean . wrote: Was just reading this on the Register myself. This is not good news for the future of Solaris at all never mind OpenSolaris. Many of us very much like Greg... he was a VP here, not a developer, and he has a great opportunity that he wanted to pursue. We wish

Re: [osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-15 Thread John Plocher
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:21 AM, Bart Smaalders bart.smaald...@oracle.comwrote: On 07/15/10 02:27, Sean . wrote: Was just reading this on the Register myself. This is not good news for the future of Solaris at all never mind OpenSolaris. Many of us very much like Greg... he was a VP here,

[osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-14 Thread Edward Martinez
don't know if this article is right but it may be. if is then i think oracle might be having problems in the solaris division. clip: Greg Lavender, the lead developer in charge of the Solaris operating system at Oracle, has left the company

Re: [osol-discuss] Top Solaris developer flees Oracle- from the reg

2010-07-14 Thread Sean M. Brannon
Evidently the article is correct. It has been updated with a 'Bootnote' stating that Lavender's LinkedIn profile has been updated to reflect his current employment status. http://www.linkedin.com/in/greglavender Lavender's profile now states his current status as: VP, Foundation Engineering,