As I mentioned earlies, Solaris commercial is irrelevant. And my read is that OpenSolaris the binary distribution is well on the way to becoming irrelevant, if not already so. I think this may well be precisely what Oracle desires as it provides an exit from the sticky wicket Sun left them in w/having "open sourced" so much great technology that Oracle would like to capitalize on commercially, and having it available for free compromises maximization of those revenues.
So perhaps more productive focus of discussion might be the future of Open Solaris the community, as a real open source project. And as I've stated elsewhere, imho, emancipation from Oracle is requisite for this to happen. In absence of which both OpenSolaris the OS and Open Solaris the community will fade into irrelevance. But I could be wrong. Mayhaps Oracle has a REALLY, REALLY BIG SHOE planned for us once they get all their various assimilation acts together. I'm pessimistic about this being the case, however, as it's been too long and would be incongruent with Oracles' track record. Just ask anyone who's been on the receiving side of any of their previous takeovers how things have worked out for them in the cost department. Actions speak louder than words and it's hard to ignore the screaming.... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
