"One of Sun’s greatest strengths was that we technologists were never discouraged from interacting directly and candidly with our customers and users, and many

"One of Sun’s greatest strengths was that we technologists were never discouraged from interacting directly and candidly with our customers and users, and many of our most important innovations came from these relationships." Oracle discourages technologists from doing this. Bryan has a nice way of phrasing his reasons for leaving. I wish he had left a clue about his future venture too.