On 7/9/05, John Garner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: come to mind as the only 2 i can think of off the top of my head). Any version of solaris with any patch combination is supported unless explicitly listed in the release notes (I've discovered that it is the other way around with the linux distros) > < snip > > So, the distinction is simple: want stability over features? Solaris. Want > features over stability? go with linux. (By 'stability', i'm not talking > crashes, i'm talking predictable behavior over a long period of time)
There of course is a blinding exception to this, and that is the fact that Oracle's support for Solaris x86 is subpar at best compared to Solaris SPARC, or Linux. For example, there's a kpofdr long Oracle internal error that's fixed in 10.1.0.4. That patchset came out for Linux and Solaris SPARC months ago, but Oracle still hasn't released it for Solaris x86 (as of a few days ago when I checked). As long as application providers continue to treat Solaris x86 like an illegitimate child the Solaris experience will be subpar as well for applications. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
