But when Oracle bought Sun, I'm fairly certain Oracle was the driver. (Didn't they employ the initial developer?) SuSE just doesn't have the same level of reso

But when Oracle bought Sun, I'm fairly certain Oracle was the driver. (Didn't they employ the initial developer?) SuSE just doesn't have the same level of resources that Oracle can bring to bear. At the time, btrfs was a crucial feature for the next version of Linux because of ZFS. When Oracle bought Sun, that competitive pressure was gone.