[plug] OpenSolaris, ZFS, RAID-Z Comments [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Gregory Orange]

On 2 September 2010 10:49, Wilkinson, Alex
<alex.wilkinson at dsto.defence.gov.au> wrote:
>    >OpenSolaris' ZFS is very good however the state of 'open' Solaris under Oracle is a little, well, unclear.
>
> OpenSolaris is dead: http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/2010/08/19/the-liberation-of-opensolaris/

In name only. My reading of that article and other tidbits is that it
will live on, probably by another name. Further, this 'killing' was
seemingly merciful, and will yield a quicker (yet still slow) change
to a less confusing state for the community. Time will tell I guess (:
What impresses me most is Bryan Cantrill's attitude - massive
uncertainty and upheaval in the face of a big known-OSS-badness
corporate takeover, and he remains diplomatic, civil, even positive.
He even dealt with an ad hominem insinuation in the comments in a very
straightforward manner.
g

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Gregory Orange