I recently came across an interesting issue on Solaris. I was trying to do something pretty simple:
Check to see if there’s work to do.
If there is work to do, then do it and go back to step 1.
Sleep for a short length of time and go back to step 1.
This worked great on Linux, but [...]
Filed under: Java, Solaris, Sun Microsystems | 1 Comment »
Disclaimer: Although I was employed by Sun at the time the CDDL was created and chosen as the license for the OpenSolaris code base, I was not involved in either of those processes and was not privy to any of the related discussions. I am not making any attempt to speak for Sun, [...]
Filed under: Open Source, Sun Microsystems | 4 Comments »
It appears that there are some questions about the content in the open letter that I posted earlier this week. Simon Phipps (Sun’s chief open source officer) posted a comment on my blog that summarizes these questions, so I will use this post to reply to it. The original text from Simon’s post [...]
Filed under: Directory/Identity, Sun Microsystems | 10 Comments »
My name is Neil Wilson, and until recently I held the Owner and Committer roles in the open source OpenDS project. I helped found OpenDS, served as the project architect, and have contributed more code than anyone else. However, I must now regrettably inform you that I have been compelled [...]
Filed under: Directory/Identity, Sun Microsystems | 35 Comments »
