What Bryan Cantrill thinks about innovation
Co-founder and CTO of Oxide Computer Company. Created DTrace at Sun Microsystems and was CTO of Joyent; blogs about systems software, open source and engineering culture.
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3 dated positions, 2024 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Bryan Cantrill has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsCertainly, these companies not endure as innovators: when coercion is your business model, innovation is not merely unnecessary but actively antithetical.
↗Love your customersbcantrill.dtrace.org 3rd of 3 in this piece
- 8 months earlier
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Their wordsin all manners of systems software, the leading edge of innovation is in deployed, production, open source systems.
- 5 months earlier
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Our readingIntel has a history of fostering innovation outside of its mainstay x86 product and then killing it.
Their wordsIntel has a long, long (long!) track record of fostering innovation outside of its mainstay x86 product - and then killing it.
↗Why Gelsinger was wrong for Intelbcantrill.dtrace.org 1st of 3 in this piece