> On 11/16/10 07:46 PM, Sean M. Brannon wrote: > > Thank you for the answers guys. Not that I'm happy > about their content. :-( > > OpenSolaris and the future Solaris 11 had me > interested in Solaris as a server platform again. > Even though Oracle had bought it, and quashed > OpenSolaris, I still felt Solaris could prove itself > able to provide features that would be compelling > enough to move away from Linux for certain workloads. > > > > It still does, whether you consider they justify the > cost of support > only you can say. > > Alas, it isn't to be I'm afraid. My work > environment precludes the attachment to our network > of any OS that could not be patched should security > vulnerabilities arise. > > So you wouldn't have been able to attach an > OpenSolaris system either. >
Well, maybe it's me reading too much into it.. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/documentation/s11sysadminwp101109final2-186770.pdf see text near bottom of page 7 (9/26): Table 2 lists default network-accessible repositories for Oracle Solaris 11 Express. TABLE 2. ORACLE SOLARIS 11 EXPRESS REPOSITORIES REPOSITORY DESCRIPTION http://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/release Default repository for Oracle Solaris 11 Express. This repository contains updates for each new release of Oracle Solaris. Significant bug fixes, security updates and new software may be provided at any time for users to install at Oracle's discretion. https://pkg.oracle.com/solaris/support Support repository providing the latest bug fixes and updates. Access is restricted to users with current Oracle Solaris support contracts. So it somehow reminds me the old Recommended&Security patch cluster and Maintenance Update, where Recommended cluster is public available, MU is only available to customers under contract. If it is set up and kept set up this way, I think it's good enough for a development environment. Of course, hope pkg can do a lot better than old smpatch&co.. Cheers, Ivan. > > Even on test machines. Much of the US Federal > gov't has the same requirements; whether or not all > admins adhere to the rules is another question. In > any case, I'm not going to buy a support agreement in > order to put up a test environment. And I'm not sure > I want to deal with a vendor that won't provide > patches for test machines. It doesn't speak well of > the corporate culture and their attitude toward > customers. Hell, even Microsoft provides updates and > security patches with their 120-day evals. > > > > I can't argue with that. One would think customer > feedback from an > express program would be worth the cost of providing > patched and updates. > > -- > Ian. > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org > -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
