On 03.07.2010 18:17, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: opensolaris-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris- >> discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hamilton >> >> But when they release documents (that had both Sun and >> Oracle's name on them) saying that OpenSolaris the distro would >> have an update in the 1st half of 2010, and then they don't come >> through, but generally fail to explain why, that encourages FUD. > > No. Trolls encourage FUD.
Wrong. Lack of actual reliable information encourage FUD. Trolls add
downright lies, or in some cases "wishful thinking".
> The missed release date doesn't encourage FUD if you just relax about it,
> and ask yourself why do you care so much. Does it create any material
> difference to you, affect your bank statement, impact your personal health,
> if 2010.x is delayed? For the meantime, you can continue using the
> developer builds, or 2009.06, whichever you prefer. Or sol10.
They didn't just miss a release date. They ceased to keep stuff up to
date at all (after 134), and then went radio-silent on the community.
All we've actually heard after the missed 2010.03 (that was the one they
missed) is hearsay.
> Are you scared that osol will cease to exist? That's not possible.
No, I think he, and the rest of the community, is scared that what's
there now will become stagnant, unmaintained, and largely irrelevant.
New security issues pop up for ALL systems sooner or later, and having
an OS that is unmaintained is not recommended for peaceful sleeping.
> Are you scared that oracle will cease development efforts on osol? This is
> the worst case possible scenario. If oracle suddenly fired every employee
> who ever worked on osol, it would not make today's osol a bad product
> overnight. If you're using it, you can continue using it. You will have
> plenty of time in the next year or two, to think about what OS you're going
> to use next, and gracefully switch to it, before any significant feature is
> missing from osol.
They don't need to fire them. Those are brilliant engineers. They just
need to place them on other projects that won't be leaked out of the house.
But really. What worries me, is the absolute radio silence, not the
noise made by trolls. Be that trolls who talk about doom, or those
trolls who promise heaven.
//Svein
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