> From: opensolaris-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:opensolaris- > discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Edward Martinez > > >it will probably be tuned for Database and Servers. Oracle may well > remove most desktop and laptop functionality, after all, it's not > required and makes support much harder. > >Fowler added that Oracle will continue to invest in its open source > communities. That said he noted that Oracle really has focused its > efforts lately on getting Solaris 11 out the door. > > i agree, Oracle is tuning "Solaris 11" for enterprise grade servers > and is Oracle's flag-ship UNIX, since, it has been comercialized so > long. > > but when Fowler said " Oracle will continue to invest in its open > source communities" got me thinking OpenSolaris will be develop with > devs,students, smaller business,etc in mind and also be somewhat of a > preview for what will be become "next solaris".because of this at > oralce's solaris OTN site #(Learn about OpenSolaris: Get a preview of > the next generation of the Solaris OS) > > I don't think opensolaris at first will include software and be > optimized for "enterprise grade servers" until it gets branch off as > "solaris next". > this is probably, what we are witnesseen with opensolaris being at > b134 for so long,
Isn't this all what I've said right along? It's the only thing that makes sense: #1 Solaris is extremely out of date w.r.t. opensolaris. Oracle needs to release a commercially viable updated solaris while they still have an edge over BTRFS and Ontap. And other commercial OSes such as OSX that have not yet embraced ZFS. #2 Oracle sells servers, not laptops. They'll include a GUI, but it has always been, and will continue to be, a pretty basic gnome. Nothing flashy like aero or compiz or aqua. They are designing it to be servers. If you want a flashy laptop, use OSX, Windows, or Ubuntu. #3 It does not make sense to discontinue development of opensolaris. Some day they'll have to make a solaris 12, you know. But they're diverting development away from opensolaris right now, to make *damn* sure they release solaris 11 this year. After that, development can resume on opensolaris, and then you can finally start seeing some efforts going into 2010.03 (or 2011.03 or whatever). _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
