Michael DeMan <sola...@deman.com> wrote:
> Moving forward...
>
> If Oracle continues to release critical ZFS feature sets under CDDL to the
> community, then:
>
> A) They are no longer pre-releasing those features to OpenSolaris
> B) FreeBSD gets them at the same time.
>
> If Oracle does not continue to release ZFS features sets under CDDL, then
> then game changes. Pick your choice of operating systems - one that has a
> history of surviving for nearly two decades on its own with community
> support, or the 'green leaf off the dead tree' that just decided to jump into
> the willy-nilly world without direct/giant corporate support.
>
> 2nd class citizen issue for FreeBSD disappears either way.
If Oracle does not continue to publish up to date ZFS sources under CDDL, then
it may even be that Orcale becomes a second class citizen in the future as it
may be that there is more ZFS development in the community than it is inside
Oracle.
> Oh yeah - plus BTRFS on the horizon?
BTRFS is to be discussed in 6 years, after BTRFS might have become mature.
Jörg
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