Yeah, Oracle has shift back and forth between Solaris x86 and Linux for development over the past 5 years. So with Oracle Solaris and OEL, they'll have to support both equally.
As for AIX, they are definitely spending money on developing it. Solaris 10 was a huge wake up call for IBM and they put a lot of effort into AIX 6. But the big difference for AIX is that IBM out-sources a lot of the development and purchases features from small companies. A good example is how WPARs was a feature they got from an acquisition. Most of the ports that have been done for AIX over the years have been done by 3rd parties like Locus and Collective. I have no idea as to the size of their development team, but I've always had the impression that it's small and augmented by out-sourcing firms when they have major features to integrate. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: [email protected] *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Gary <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, September 7, 2010 10:35:30 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris cancelled, to be replaced with Solaris 11 Express As an interesting side note, prior to Oracle launching Unbreakable Linux I noticed that critical db patches (not quarterly bundles) were usually released for Solaris followed shortly by Linux and Windows versions. After Oracle started their Linux initiative, I noticed that they all had roughly equal release dates with only Windows patches trailing now and then. Whether this changes now remains to be seen. As for AIX, I haven't seen any word of its retirement. In fact, IBM are busy working on version 7 as it's currently in open beta: http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/v71/preview.html -Gary _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected] _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
