What Sun Got Wrong
The gist
Former Sun engineer Bryan Cantrill published "What Sun got wrong" on September 20, 2026.
The post argues a company bored with business mechanics cannot succeed.
How it unfolded
- 2005A startup running its infrastructure on OpenSolaris wanted to buy Sun gear but could not get Sun to pick up the phone; when Sun did respond, it tried to sell them the wrong product.
- Mar 20, 2006The startup wrote up its experience in a blog entry titled "The Sun Doesn't Shine on Me."
- Sep 20, 2026Bryan Cantrill published "What Sun got wrong" on bcantrill.dtrace.org.