[OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 Express

[McBofh]

On  1/11/10 09:52 PM, McBofh wrote:
> On  1/11/10 11:29 PM, Edward Martinez wrote:
...
>> Garrett D'Amore
> re-designed the Solaris audio system
...
> Of the names you list, Ian and Simon didn't actually invent the
> technologies that went into Solaris 10 or OpenSolaris.
>
>
> Sure, the loss of the DTrace/Fishworks and ZFS inventors will be
> felt keenly, but I am annoyed at your implicit dismissal of the
> abilities and efforts of those who remain at Oracle working on
> Solaris. Also, Michael is right.

Ahem... Garrett's redesign and reimplementation of the Solaris audio
subsystem was badly needed in order to bring it into the real world.


James C. McPherson
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