“A world where Bryan Cantrill is the lone SmartOS holdout, after his compatriots have declared it a lost cause, is just nerve-wracking.“

Bryan Catrill will never be alone for as long as I draw breath: I will single handedly continue working on illumos and SmartOS even if everybody else quits doing that. I have already made up my mind after a lengthy private exchange with Brendan Gregg a while ago.