The 3rd Annual Solaris Family Reunion

I have been meaning for some time to write a follow-up to my series about my experience of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems. This yet-to-be-written piece, titled “The Sun Diaspora”, may someday contain deep thoughts about how dispersing all that amazing Sun engineering talent may prove to have been a watershed event for the entire… Continue reading The 3rd Annual Solaris Family Reunion

Technical Videos

Note: Most of these videos have migrated to my YouTube channel. The links below are often broken. This is an up-to-date listing of nearly 400 technical videos I have been involved in, one way or another, in the six years I’ve been working with Solaris, illumos, SmartOS, and related people, technologies, and companies. They are… Continue reading Technical Videos

Fishworks and Me

(Part 3 of Resistance is Futile: The Oracle Acquisition) Note: This slight detour in what is rapidly becoming a long series on the last years of Sun is another very personal angle on a particular piece of Sun history. As you’ll see, I didn’t even know what Fishworks was until it launched, and can’t claim… Continue reading Fishworks and Me