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So, according to this article, Apple was making a deal with Sun to use ZFS, and later finally dropped it after an alleged discussion between Steve Jobs and Larr
by gribbly 10y ago
So, according to this article, Apple was making a deal with Sun to use ZFS, and later finally dropped it after an alleged discussion between Steve Jobs and Larry Ellison when Oracle owned it.
My question is why did Apple think they needed to make a deal to use ZFS in the first place, and if so has Canonical (who says they'll ship openZFS with Ubuntu) made a deal with Oracle ?
It's true that OpenZFS is more than Oracle's ZFS, but unless I'm mistaken, the vast majority of code in that project is still owned by Oracle.
This article makes me uneasy.
- ahl 10y agoApple started in 2006 with no deal or coordination with Sun. Later when the FUD started, they were looking for protection from patent lawsuits (i.e. from NetApp), for support and expertise, and, possibly, reassurances around patent clauses within the CDDL with which I'm not an expert.
- gutnor 10y agoMaybe the deal was to make ZFS ready for personal computer / Apple requirements that may have interested Sun but not Oracle ? In the middle of an acquisition with a guaranteed few years of uncertainty, no strong backing from the new boss meant that Jobs simply bailed out. Rumors in any case.