From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 20 17:24:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBD971065688 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com (rv-out-0506.google.com [209.85.198.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C34DF8FC18 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:24:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so716877rvb.43 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:24:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ASdRCs5l1Uut6zWSriQYak+LO6sRjE1dTpuV2Ejn1q8=; b=vUy3Ep68PRJKmE7JH7xWuJltwxvORirpz3XX68CmlR6szUp1Dm5ymkiYTc4GfwOLnl LAtTYLlZ+D0X6+UgY7f3FQbYUC00y3e8EnWRctAsYM3X1f+1yGNnXPmmk13j8nXOeGG8 7jZ1+mR2C3bpRBrLcGlHaQkA8MlbtMUvJinrU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=IqzjQK3eGHrYRd5OW/dM7BTeUBcSPMOEiV8d70wKlkgXxor/3byYbE+Fh7jTgBIWXF LROapn7YKdq2SOE/5i9YfaFXoSAOrOBA0wgQzKNyRc2ir8oy3sc5pX7lgsD/FmZAYBmX fG7ETBPyoL8faQvKhFjtPgC3HQ4DqHc4nJIH0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.140.187.10 with SMTP id k10mr2567959rvf.29.1240246995734; Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:03:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> References: <49EC97DA.5020600@freebsdonline.com> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:03:15 -0700 Message-ID: From: Freddie Cash To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Oracle buys Sun X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:24:44 -0000 On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:42 AM, ovi freebsd wrot= e: > I know this is not about FreeBSD but it is about open source and it matte= rs, > maybe many of you heard about last news: > > http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=3D09/04/20/128246 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 - > /"Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) > announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which > Oracle will acquire Sun > > common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The really interesting bit, at least for me, will be seeing what happens with btrfs now that Oracle has full access to ZFS. Will they continue development of btrfs? Will they port ZFS to Linux? Will they release ZFS as GPL? Will they borrow ideas from ZFS for btrfs and vice versa? What will this mean for the rest of the OSS world that is using ZFS? --=20 Freddie Cash fjwcash@gmail.com