The Rise of illumos After Oracle Closed OpenSolaris

USENIX · Talk · YouTube title: LISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos

Why it's here

HN points to it as the definitive, entertaining account of Sun's fate under Oracle, and quotes its Ellison lawnmower advice whenever Oracle behaves badly.

What it covers

Bryan Cantrill's LISA11 talk on how illumos arose after Oracle closed OpenSolaris. It covers the history of Sun, ZFS, DTrace and Zones, and the diaspora of kernel engineers, with a famous rant about Oracle and Larry Ellison.