On 13/05/2012 2:34 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> On Sat, 12 May 2012, Darren Reed wrote:
>>
>> You know, with a web page like that, Oracle would be clear favourite
>> for the first to be voted off the island of open source.
>
> You don't appreciate the open source mystery blast?  At least they broke the 
> mystery blast of Solaris 11 open source into two blasts (1.6GB and 1.1GB zip 
> files).

Ah, I missed that there was actually a link that provides source code. The part 
about written offer distracted me.

> I don't recommend doing the download via your cell phone, particularly if 
> your service plan has a monthly download limit.

In some countries, having a monthly download limit is common for all internet 
access plans, be they wireless or terrestrial.

> Oracle is just following Red Hat's lead.  Red Hat now provides its patches to 
> the standard Linux kernel as one huge patch.  These two companies feed from 
> each other.

It's a pity that they're not competing to provide the best service in this area.

Darren



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