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Alan Coopersmith

@alanc@hachyderm.io
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Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

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Joined May 02, 2025
X.Org (and links to other sites):
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GitHub:
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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · Aug 03, 2026
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io
El Reg will quote any old fool who posts to the right mailing list… https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/03/ai-slop-pollutes-the-cve-pipeline-with-fake-vulns/5282462
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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · May 16, 2026
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io

Things I never expected at the start of my career: that one day my employers’ name would be included on a pair of race car shaped shoes available for purchase by the general public: https://www.crocs.com/OracleRedBullRacing.html

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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · May 10, 2026
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io
Replying to @timfoster@mastodon.social
@timfoster@mastodon.social @scottishwildcat@mastodon.ie my 15 year anniversary was also post acquisition but I got a 15 year pin from one of the admins cleaning out the supply closets when we moved out of the old buildings.
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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · May 10, 2026
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io
Replying to @mmusante@mastodon.social
@mmusante@mastodon.social yeah, Sun gave us a certificate, a pin, and a choice of a gift from their catalog. Oracle replaced the certificate & pin with a badge in the Aria employee directory and later a badge in Slack. They kept the gifts for a while - I’m still using the Apple Watch I got for 20 years - but for 25 it was just a cash bonus of $20 per year of service.
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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · May 03, 2026
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io

At #SunMicrosystems they used to give us years of service pins every 5 years to show how long we’d been around. That stopped after the acquisition so I found a different pin to show I’ve been around for a very long time.

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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · May 03, 2026
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io
Replying to @jschauma@mstdn.social
@jschauma Oracle: https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-31431.html
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Alan Coopersmith @alanc@hachyderm.io · Jun 11, 2025
Alan Coopersmith
@alanc@hachyderm.io

Solaris Engineer at Sun^H^H^HOracle (Release management, Security, X11, GNOME); former board member of X.Org Foundation & OpenSolaris. http://pronoun.is/he

hachyderm.io
Replying to @joakimfors@mastodon.green
@joakimfors@mastodon.green @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer weird, I guess he didn't fix his fork after I told him that was wrong when reviewing his request to merge that into Xorg: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/merge_requests/1823#note_2796626
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