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Before he got his Netflix special, he worked for Sun then Joyent in Solaris/BSD/SmartOS in stuff like ZFS and DTrace. The Linux stuff was a money-grab, some sa

Before he got his Netflix special, he worked for Sun then Joyent in Solaris/BSD/SmartOS in stuff like ZFS and DTrace. The Linux stuff was a money-grab, some say he sold out.. :)

brendangregg 5y ago
I've been clear on HN multiple times that I saw no future in the Solaris/SmartOS ecosystem by 2014, which is one (but not the only) reason I left it. I was right too: https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/solaris.do https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/solaris.do
- haggy102 5y ago
  Ignore the troll and thank you for all your content Brendan!
  - PedroBatista 5y ago
    Relax it was a joke. You can state your appreciation without disparaging others who didn't follow your direct means of communication.
    - PyWoody 5y ago
      I thought it was pretty clearly a joke. Maybe a ";)" emoji would have been more explicit.
    - biorach 5y ago
      Ah, it _was_ a joke. I really wasn't sure.
tyingq 5y ago
>The Linux stuff was a money-grab That seems like an odd conclusion to me. If you've got deep expertise in the spaces he does, and the server market moves mostly to Linux, getting involved there seems unavoidable. Lingering on the dying SmartOS ecosystem, even if it was technically better, wouldn't have served anyone well. Edit: Ah, as mentioned below, perhaps a joke? I'd attributed the smiley face only to the latter part of the sentence.
- Geezus-42 5y ago
  I think it was a joke.
- PedroBatista 5y ago
  The odd conclusion to me is how the last line I've post was interpreted as a serious statement. Didn't the "Before he got his Netflix special.." or the fact Linux is pretty much the only game in town with no sign of even being seriously challenged served as a hint?
  - tyingq 5y ago
    Context is hard with just text. Smarter people than me were confused :)
  - ksec 5y ago
    I thought the :) was obvious. So I wouldn't worry about it too much. Although at one point I thought Brendon not only abandoned solaris but also BSD.
Annatar 5y ago
You're joking of course, but it was me who wrote that, and I stand by what I wrote.

Before he got his Netflix special, he worked for Sun then Joyent in Solaris/BSD/SmartOS in stuff like ZFS and DTrace. The Linux stuff was a money-grab, some say he sold out.. :)

brendangregg 5y ago

I've been clear on HN multiple times that I saw no future in the Solaris/SmartOS ecosystem by 2014, which is one (but not the only) reason I left it. I was right too: https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/solaris.do https://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/solaris.do

haggy102 5y ago
Ignore the troll and thank you for all your content Brendan!
- PedroBatista 5y ago
  Relax it was a joke. You can state your appreciation without disparaging others who didn't follow your direct means of communication.
  - PyWoody 5y ago
    I thought it was pretty clearly a joke. Maybe a ";)" emoji would have been more explicit.
  - biorach 5y ago
    Ah, it _was_ a joke. I really wasn't sure.

tyingq 5y ago

>The Linux stuff was a money-grab That seems like an odd conclusion to me. If you've got deep expertise in the spaces he does, and the server market moves mostly to Linux, getting involved there seems unavoidable. Lingering on the dying SmartOS ecosystem, even if it was technically better, wouldn't have served anyone well. Edit: Ah, as mentioned below, perhaps a joke? I'd attributed the smiley face only to the latter part of the sentence.

Geezus-42 5y ago
I think it was a joke.
PedroBatista 5y ago
The odd conclusion to me is how the last line I've post was interpreted as a serious statement. Didn't the "Before he got his Netflix special.." or the fact Linux is pretty much the only game in town with no sign of even being seriously challenged served as a hint?
- tyingq 5y ago
  Context is hard with just text. Smarter people than me were confused :)
- ksec 5y ago
  I thought the :) was obvious. So I wouldn't worry about it too much. Although at one point I thought Brendon not only abandoned solaris but also BSD.

Annatar 5y ago

You're joking of course, but it was me who wrote that, and I stand by what I wrote.