> where's this BIND 9 that keeps getting talked about? the companies who funded it wanted early access. since the budget was $1.5M we gave on this point. when it's ready for public testing it will be up on some ftp server with a regular BSD/ISC license. > Second, who's going to take over BIND now? nobody. ISC took it over in 1994. i'm chairman of ISC but as bind8 is approaching end-of-life in favour of bind9, my involvement as an architect is sort of ending. i'm just a manager now. > Third, what's the -real- reason for the resignation? 10 years is a long time. DNS is very big now. i'm going to stay involved with ISC but not be "the" or even "a" BIND technologist in the future. once we (ISC) get bind9 out the door i may decide to contribute code fragments to it, but as an individual contributor rather than as any sort of author, coauthor, or architect.
re: "you the man" i was the man, but DNS is now much larger than any man (no matter how much coffee he drinks) can implement. that's why ISC exists. BIND9 is the future, and it's very bright.
no, i'm not dropping any projects. bind is still an ISC project, but bind9 is the up and coming thing and i'm choosing the bind8/bind9 transition as my moment to step back from the technical lime light. i am still chairman of ISC, and ISC is still very much doing bind.
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> where's this BIND 9 that keeps getting talked about? the companies who funded it wanted early access. since the budget was $1.5M we gave on this point. when it's ready for public testing it will be up on some ftp server with a regular BSD/ISC license. > Second, who's going to take over BIND now? nobody. ISC took it over in 1994. i'm chairman of ISC but as bind8 is approaching end-of-life in favour of bind9, my involvement as an architect is sort of ending. i'm just a manager now. > Third, what's the -real- reason for the resignation? 10 years is a long time. DNS is very big now. i'm going to stay involved with ISC but not be "the" or even "a" BIND technologist in the future. once we (ISC) get bind9 out the door i may decide to contribute code fragments to it, but as an individual contributor rather than as any sort of author, coauthor, or architect.
re: "you the man" i was the man, but DNS is now much larger than any man (no matter how much coffee he drinks) can implement. that's why ISC exists. BIND9 is the future, and it's very bright.
no, i'm not dropping any projects. bind is still an ISC project, but bind9 is the up and coming thing and i'm choosing the bind8/bind9 transition as my moment to step back from the technical lime light. i am still chairman of ISC, and ISC is still very much doing bind.