ob Friesenhahn wrote: > Sun has placed themselves in the interesting predicament that being > open about progress on certain high-profile "enterprise" features > (such as shrink and de-duplication) could cause them to lose sales to > a competitor. Perhaps this is a reason why Sun is not nearly as open > as we would like them to be.
I agree that it is difficult for Sun, at this time, to be more 'open', especially for ZFS, as we still await the resolution of Oracle purchasing Sun, the court case with NetApp over patents, and now the GreenBytes issue! But I would say they are more likely to avoid loosing sales by confirming what enhancements they are prioritising. I think people will wait if they know work is being done, and progress being made, although not indefinitely. I guess it depends on the rate of progress of ZFS compared to say btrfs. I would say that maybe Sun should have held back on announcing the work on deduplication, as it just seems to have ramped up frustration, now that it seems no more news is forthcoming. It's easy to be wise after the event and time will tell. Thanks Nigel Smith -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
