Someone recently ran across my list of archived technical videos, and asked if I could find the ones on parallel programming. So far I have managed to locate five of them (now in a playlist): A series of seven video modules presented by Ruud van der Pas, covering various aspects of parallel programming in C,… Continue reading Videos: Introduction to Parallel Programming
Tag: Sun Microsystems
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
Into the Belly of the Beast
(Part 4 of Resistance is Futile: The Oracle Acquisition) The “change in control” from Sun to Oracle took place, in the US, on Feb 15, 2010. I visited the Oracle campus in Redwood Shores that day, invited by one of Oracle’s few sanctioned social media experts. As it happened, that was also the day… Continue reading Into the Belly of the Beast
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