> Oracle is not exactly known as being > friendly to open > source software
This statement is not exactly fair. Oracle has been one of the major contributors to the Linux kernel. Also, Oracle was "the" first elite company to port its mainstream products to the Linux platform (this move gave Linux instant credibility, not unlike what Sun did for AMD's Opteron). Many of the Linux old farts like myself still remember this heroic move by Larry Ellison; however, I am not seeing AMD reciprocating Sun's favor (regarding providing enhanced ATI driver for Solaris). Oracle people often mentioned that one of the main reasons they like Linux is that it is easy to find Linux administrators. Based on this logic, it would be very unwise to eof OpenSolaris, as doing so will cut off the supply of new blood for Solaris adms (assuming that OpenSolaris is architectured to bring in new bloods). -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
