> Sadly, it's typical of Apple to want special treatment from vendors.
If you're going to put a third-party's technology into your products (i.e., the file system that everything is built on), having extra assurances with regards to support and development is not crazy.
Apple tends to buy companies that make the technology they based their products on, but wasn't really going to happen with Sun. At best they'd have to poach the entire ZFS team, but there could still be things like patents and such (which they're allowed to use via the CDDL).
Yes, they incorporated Dtrace, but that wouldn't be a big deal to rip out if things went sideways legally-speaking.
If you're going to put a third-party's technology into your products (i.e., the file system that everything is built on), having extra assurances with regards to support and development is not crazy.
Apple tends to buy companies that make the technology they based their products on, but wasn't really going to happen with Sun. At best they'd have to poach the entire ZFS team, but there could still be things like patents and such (which they're allowed to use via the CDDL).
Yes, they incorporated Dtrace, but that wouldn't be a big deal to rip out if things went sideways legally-speaking.
Changing and depending on a file system is a BFD.