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You got to remember /why/ there was such backlash against Oracle when they took over Sun. All Senior Staff Engineers and above were offered positions as Staff E
by sys_64738 2y ago
You got to remember /why/ there was such backlash against Oracle when they took over Sun. All Senior Staff Engineers and above were offered positions as Staff Engineers or they could exit the company by rejecting the offer. The cushy spots that Sun Alum felt they had earned and could maintain after the Sun-set evaporated. That's the reason for the hatred from a lot of exiting folk at that time but they'll always tell the story with their slant.
- throwaway48476 2y agoIt's not as if such stories are counterbalanced by other people saying what a wonderful place oracle is.
- sys_64738 2y agoOnly those with grievances to air make them known. Plenty of rank and file under Oracle thought it absolutely great due to eight year of stability before the end. Nothing really changed during that time as we still did the exact same day to day function with only macro Oracle decisions impacting. E.g. S11 absolutely will ship on 11/11/11 as Larry decided that.
- cryptonector 2y agoOracle killed OpenSolaris in a tremendous knee-jerk overreaction, and that was that. After that it was head for the exits. It kills me that Oracle killed OpenSolaris but then they saw the light with OpenJDK.