http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/en_US/entry/and_now_page_2
Monday Sep 27, 2010
And now, page 2
To my team:
After 20 incredible years at Sun/Oracle, I have decided to try something new.
This was a very hard decision, and not one made lightly. I have always enjoyed
my work, and still do -- everything from MTS-2 to Sun Fellow to Oracle VP. I
love the people I work with and the technology we''ve created together,
which is why I''ve been doing it for so long. But I have always wanted
to try doing a startup, and recently identified an opportunity that I just
can''t resist. (We are in stealth mode, so that''s all I can
say for now.)
This team will always have a special place in my heart. Being part of the
Solaris team means doing the Right Thing, innovating, changing the rules, and
being thought leaders -- creating the ideas that everyone else wants to copy.
Add to that Oracle''s unmatched market reach and ability to execute, and
you have a combination that I believe will succeed in ways we couldn''t
have imagined two years ago. I hope that Solaris and ZFS Storage are wildly
successful, and that you have fun making it happen.
To the ZFS community:
Thank you for being behind us from Day One. After a decade in the making, ZFS
is now an adult. Of course there''s always more to do, and from this
point forward, I look forward to watching you all do it. There is a great quote
whose origin I have never found: "Your ideas will go further if you
don''t insist on going with them." That has proven correct many
times in my life, and I am confident that it will prove true again.
For me, it''s time to try the Next Big Thing. Something I
haven''t fully fleshed out yet. Something I don''t fully
understand yet. Something way outside my comfort zone. Something I might fail
at. Everything worth doing begins that way. I''ll let you know how it
goes.
My last day at Oracle will be this Thursday, September 30, 2010. After that you
can reach me at my personal mac.com e-mail, with the usual first-dot-last
construction.
It has truly been a wonderful couple of decades. To everyone who taught me,
worked with me, learned from me, and supported my efforts in countless ways
large and small: Thank you.
--
Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a>
http://leitl.org
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