...But linux IS involved! My past as a users' group president in Linux Land is not at all being denied here; I just digress lots. See what you think:
Our pals at LINUX JOURNAL put out this word about the OpenSolaris issue not long ago. It's not an alarmist article; it raises legit questions about whether Oracle values Unix dreadnought Sun's legacy or not. Well, aside from the decision whether or not to continue making certain code chunks widely available through OpenSolaris, Oracle seems to be trumpeting the virtues of the main event clearly enough.
Now there's this. The Illumos initiative may save the day.
My take on all this is that within the OpenSolaris orbit, projects like Nexenta were valuable to Solaris for general Unix PR, as well as for its own products. Nexenta in particular could get Linux people interested in toying with things like ZFS if only due to the Debian tools included, not the least of which is apt-get (and it works!! at least on SOME of my loads). This appeals to my if-it's-Unix-it's-cool ethic. The problem with continuation of the OpenSolaris project would be that Oracle might not be so forthcoming with the big section of proprietary code that's in OpenSolaris and that Oracle now owns. Illumos would solve that quandary if successful. I usually worry about distro forks, but this might be a good one - if one can even call it a fork.
ON A RARE PERSONAL NOTE: Some of you know that I work for an outfit that has a "boonies" location and a "Central" location and that I've been in the boonies for awhile. I AM NOW at Central! Thank you for your discretion.
