Wow -- there's a lot here! Just to unpack this a bit... First, there are a bunch of people that you might be unaware of doing important work in illumos and Sm

Wow -- there's a lot here! Just to unpack this a bit... First, there are a bunch of people that you might be unaware of doing important work in illumos and SmartOS (both at Joyent and in the broader community); I recommend taking a look at the actual repo[1], and some of the recent work we've done like LX-branded zones[2] and (more currently) bhyve.[3] Second, in terms of the engineering team at Joyent: yes, people have come and gone over the years -- but we've grown a bunch since the acquisition by Samsung, adding many engineers from a wide variety of backgrounds. Yes, this has included some ex-Sun folks (we have more ex-Sun now than at any time in our history, if that kind of thing matters to you), but (importantly to me, anyway) it's also included a bunch of people new to the system. These new engineers bring new perspectives and fresh thinking -- whether they've had two decades of experience or are fresh out of school. Finally, in terms of Joyent and node.js, it might be helpful to see my talk on platform as a reflection of values[4][5]; it offers my perspective on how and why we diverged from the node.js community -- but also why we're okay with that. Hope all of this helps! Let me know if you have any questions (my Twitter DMs are always open) -- or introduce yourself to the community in #illumos or #smartos on Freenode! [1] https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnesNFulpPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnesNFulpPE [3] https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent/tree/bhyve https://github.com/joyent/illumos-joyent/tree/bhyve [4] https://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/platform-as-reflection-of-values-joyent-nodejs-and-beyond https://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/platform-as-reflection-... [5] https://vimeo.com/230142234 https://vimeo.com/230142234