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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
What to Expect When You’re Expecting – to Be Acquired
(Part 2 of Resistance is Futile: The Oracle Acquisition) I, too, received well-meaning advice from several high-profile Sun people: my job would disappear because Oracle “doesn’t do community” in the same way Sun did. This was true: we were told early on that our community work would be handed over to the small Oracle team… Continue reading What to Expect When You’re Expecting – to Be Acquired
Resistance is Futile: The Oracle Acquisition
The thing to understand about the illumos community is that it started out traumatized: most of us went through the baptism by fire that was the acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle. My own part in all this was very minor, but I had a ringside seat on larger events. I recount here what I… Continue reading Resistance is Futile: The Oracle Acquisition
Introducing Your SmartOS Community Manager
About Me I’m Deirdré Straughan. A great deal about my personal and professional life is available on my site, Countries Beginning with I. I have been a community manager since long before the title existed, first for the Italian startup I worked for in Milan, then for Adaptec (when it bought us), then for Adaptec’s… Continue reading Introducing Your SmartOS Community Manager