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How is information in this blog related to Wikipedia article on DTrace [1] where one can read "DTrace is ... originally created by Sun Microsystems" and "Origin
by pulse7 5y ago
How is information in this blog related to Wikipedia article on DTrace [1] where one can read "DTrace is ... originally created by Sun Microsystems" and "Original author(s): Bryan Cantrill, Adam Leventhal, Mike Shapiro (Sun Microsystems)"?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace
- robbomacrae 5y agoQuite simply, it is not. The author is not claiming to have written DTrace, but rather, tools that made use of DTrace. From the introduction: "Sun Microsystems had just released DTrace" and "I was busy writing and publishing advanced performance tools using DTrace".
- FPGAhacker 5y agoLook at footnote 28. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace#cite_note-28 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DTrace#cite_note-28
- stingraycharles 5y agoSun developed DTrace the kernel building blocks, Brendan Gregg became an expert on it and made scripts that actually did useful stuff with them. The VIP was selling a GUI around Brendan Gregg’s scripts.
- Kiro 5y agoWhat do you mean? Brendan didn't create DTrace, he created DTraceToolkit and this VIP took his work and presented it as his own new DTrace-based product.
- cryptonector 5y agoBryan, Adam, and Mike created DTrace. Brendan was the most amazing and prolific user of DTrace, from very early on. Brendan did not create DTrace, but in a sense he "made DTrace" what it is. And not just DTrace, but eBPF.