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Monday, Sep 17. 2007 – Category: Musings, OpenSolaris, Sun

I’m leaving Sun.

It’s been a gut-wrenching decision, but I got an offer to join a startup in SF that was just too interesting and exciting to pass up.

What’s more important is what I’m not leaving. I’m certainly not leaving the OpenSolaris community (while my participation may dial down somewhat, I still fully intend on being active in the lists, and serving in the OGB.) I’m not leaving the many many friends I’ve made in the past 4+ years working at Sun.

I believe very strongly in OpenSolaris; I believe that it will succeed, and that it will be a disruptive influence in both the proprietary/closed software world, as well as the open source world. I’m sad that I won’t have the opportunity to work on it as my day job anymore, but I will still eagerly participate and watch the progress from the outside as a non-Sun participant and contributor now.

It’s sad, and a little scary to leave a place that I’ve not only become comfortable at – but one that I love. I’ve loved working at Sun, I’ve had a blast, learned an immense amount of stuff, worked with some of the smartest people I know, and gotten to work on one of the coolest open source projects around.

I guess I feel that sometimes you have to spread your wings, leave the nest for a bit, and find a new nest.

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Jim Grisanzio Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 05:49
Huge loss for us, but we wish you well, man.
Shawn Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 06:07
Sorry to see you leaving Sun, but glad to see that you’ll remain part of the community.

Good fortune to you!
nacho Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 07:09
it’s really sad to see you leave sun, i still hope to see you at #opensolaris, too bad we wont be able to blame you for anything else anymore…
alanc Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 08:01
Don’t worry nacho, we’ll still blame Steve for plenty of things – especially when we start missing all the work he used to do for OpenSolaris, since I’m sure he’ll be hard to replace.

Best wishes in your new adventure Steve!
benr Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 13:05
Nooooooooo! This sucks.

I’m really sad to see you leave. I understand the need for change and I think its a kool company that really suites your personality, but its a big blow for OpenSolaris.

Best of luck in your new nest.
Stephen Lau Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 17:11
Thanks guys for all your well wishes. I’m definitely sad to not be doing this stuff as my day job anymore – but I’ll still be involved in the OpenSolaris community.

Hope to see you all around…

I’ll be at the developer summit in Santa Cruz, so I’ll see some of y’all then too.
Geoff Arnold Says:
September 18th, 2007 at 20:14
Best wishes, Steve. I do think you should have waited until Sun donated a T1000 to run Grommit, though.
Simon Phipps Says:
September 19th, 2007 at 06:13
Very sorry indeed to hear you’re leaving Sun, Steve – best wishes for your new gig. See you in Santa Cruz.
Susan Claire Says:
September 19th, 2007 at 09:51
Congratulations Steve!
Vladimir Kotal Says:
September 20th, 2007 at 07:04
Sad to see you going. Can we expect Songbirdnest release for Solaris ?
Stephen Says:
September 20th, 2007 at 09:27
Good luck, Steve; it’s been a privilege.

– Stephen
Derek Crudgington Says:
September 20th, 2007 at 18:23
good luck on the new job man! it’s good to see people go for what they want.
Canada Says:
October 10th, 2007 at 08:37
Dude!

Good for you! You’ve been sequestered off in MPK17 for far too long! Time to get out there and spread those wings, baby!

Best of luck at the new gig! – Canada

(Perhaps Poorna can turn out the lights after everyone leaves… )
Scott Says:
April 24th, 2008 at 11:33
Steve, How can I reach you? SBB