Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Paul Kölle
Am 22.04.2010 02:20, schrieb bsd: I merely posted a link to an article and refrained from saying anything about Oracle. Oh yes, sure. How old are you? ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Seeing .nfs0000000000002def00000002 on nfs mounts from linux

2010-04-22 Thread Casper . Dik
>Using an Osol b 133 nfs server. When working from a linux client I >sometimes see files like: .nfs2def0002 > .nfs2f6b0001 > >Appear on the filesystem as I'm working... any attempt to remove them >(from the linux client) fails, with the me

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Matthias Pfützner
I'm getting tired, in answering these things, but, please google, and then, once found, read: http://c0t0d0s0.org/archives/6514-About-this-ODF-for-MS-Office-plugin-discussion.html In simple words: MS Office (we might not like it, but, still) has implemented ODF saving starting in Servic

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
bsd wrote: > http://www.osnews.com/story/23181/Oracle_Starts_Charging_90_USD_Per_User_for_ODF_Plugin > > Solaris 10 90-day evaluation > No security patch downloads for free > ODF plugin $90 (100 min) This is old news from Monday http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/ODF-Plug-in-Bei-Sun-war

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Sean Sprague
Alan Hargreaves wrote: You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment) would be to sow FUD or dissention. Quite honestly I'm getting

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Svein Skogen
On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: > You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not > about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris > patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment) would > be to sow FUD or dissention. Or t

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Matthias Pfützner
Svein, You (Svein Skogen) wrote: > On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: > > You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not > > about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris > > patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment)

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Svein Skogen
*sigh* On 22.04.2010 12:27, Matthias Pfützner wrote: > Svein, > > You (Svein Skogen) wrote: >> On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: >>> You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not >>> about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris >>> patche

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Sean Sprague
Svein, On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment) would be to sow FUD or dissention

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Matthias Pfützner
Svein, You (Svein Skogen) wrote: > *sigh* > > On 22.04.2010 12:27, Matthias Pfützner wrote: > > Svein, > > > > You (Svein Skogen) wrote: > >> On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: > >>> You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not > >>> about a Microsoft Office Plug

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Matthias Pfützner
You (Sean Sprague) wrote: > I do however agree that a statement from Oracle on the "future" of > OpenSolaris is needed. but given the fact that it is likely to be couched > in vagaries, obfuscation, legalese, and plain non-committal rhetoric, it > will not provide us with any feelgood factor. A

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Svein Skogen
On 22.04.2010 12:51, Matthias Pfützner wrote: > You (Sean Sprague) wrote: >> I do however agree that a statement from Oracle on the "future" of >> OpenSolaris is needed. but given the fact that it is likely to be couched >> in vagaries, obfuscation, legalese, and plain non-committal rhetoric, it

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Alan Hargreaves
Responses inline: Svein Skogen wrote: On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment) would

[osol-discuss] Loosing iscsi connection

2010-04-22 Thread Sverre Stoltenberg
snv_128 to snv_134, x86 Setting up iscsi against an Equallogic PS6500, I initially get between one and three connections to a target, but then the initiator starts to loose connections one by one, until there are no more connections left, and the zpool fails. I have tried to configure scsi_vhc

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Calum Benson
On 22/04/2010 11:11, Svein Skogen wrote: On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: You miss the point. This is a discussion list about OpenSolaris. Not about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about Solaris. Not about Solaris patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even without comment) woul

[osol-discuss] i am on job trials.

2010-04-22 Thread radhika
Friends, i am on job trials. I have learned solaris 10 and done certification part-1 and part-2. I am not able to answer the below questions as i do not have work experience on solaris. please help me with your answers. Q.1) What is the project you are presently working on? Q.2) What is your res

Re: [osol-discuss] i am on job trials.

2010-04-22 Thread Fredrich Maney
None of these are technical questions. They all refer to your work experience. fpsm On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:52 AM, radhika wrote: > Friends, i am on job trials. > I have learned solaris 10 and done certification part-1 and part-2. > > I am not able to answer the below questions as i do not hav

Re: [osol-discuss] Sendmail as SASL auth client?

2010-04-22 Thread John Beck
Hugh> Back in May 2008, there was a question on desktop-discuss asking whether Hugh> Solaris sendmail could be configured as an SASL auth client. The answer Hugh> from John Beck was "no, because [of] some issues with Solaris' libsasl Hugh> implementation that are preventing this work from moving f

[osol-discuss] https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/ha-cluster/ is down?

2010-04-22 Thread Satish
Hello, I am trying to install the package as mentioned in https://pkg.sun.com/register/cred_construct?product=4 It seems like the link is not working. pfexec pkg set-authority \ -k /var/pkg/ssl/Open_HA_Cluster_2009.06.key.pem \ -c /var/pkg/ssl/Open_HA_Cluster_2009.06.ce

Re: [osol-discuss] https://pkg.sun.com/opensolaris/ha-cluster/ is down?

2010-04-22 Thread Satish
Never mind the network setup on my node was screwed up. Fixed it and works fine now. Thanks. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

[osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread jwlynch
Hi folks, Just wanted to let you know there's a review up of OpenSolaris over at my blog Desktop Linux Reviews. Here's the link, hope you find it interesting: OpenSolaris 2009.06 Review http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/04/22/opensolaris-2009-06/ -- This message posted from opensolaris.org __

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Marion Hakanson
hedr...@rutgers.edu said: > As for non-Sun hardware, we're being told it is still possible to get support > for Soarlis 10u8 and older, but all problems will have to be duplicated on > Sun hardware. It is not possible to get support for later releases. I spoke with one of our contacts from Oracle

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Matthias Pfützner
Again, as also mentioned, you can still buy Solaris + Support via the OEM partners IBM, HP, DELL... Matthias -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Marion Hakanson An: hedr...@rutgers.edu Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Gesendet: 22.4.'10, 22:34 hedr...@rutgers.edu said: As for non

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Mike Gerdts
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Edward Martinez wrote: >  I  think since many business are moving away from HP-UX , Solaris ,etc over > to redhat linux and windows, .Oracle, once they finish intergrating SUN,   > will  offer  solaris to the   low-end business  on sun units  to compete > against

[osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.11

2010-04-22 Thread Vishal Ahuja
Hi All, If I use the priocntl command to change the class of a process from 'Interactive' to 'Real time', and set its priority to 59, how does this process fare against other user and kernel processes in the system. Thank you Vish ___ opensolaris-discus

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Charles Hedrick
I'm confused. I tried to find this posting at opensolaris.org, but it doesn't seem to be there. I understand that Oracle needs to make money from Sun, but I think changing Solaris from an OS that will run on many vendors' hardware to one that is the equivalent of HP-UX changes the game. People

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Charles Hedrick
For a transition period: Oracle has exercised its right to terminate HP’s Solaris Agreement. HP clients that have purchased Solaris Subscriptions10 for HP ProLiant servers from HP will continue to receive subscription support from Oracle and Technical support from HP for the period of their c

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Ian Collins
On 04/23/10 08:46 AM, Charles Hedrick wrote: Why do you persisting in discussing commercial Solaris issues on a non-commercial, non-Solaris list? Please whinge somewhere else, preferably where readers know the answers. -- Ian. ___ opensolaris-dis

Re: [osol-discuss] i am on job trials.

2010-04-22 Thread Sergio Schvezov
Too funny On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM, radhika wrote: > Friends, i am on job trials. > I have learned solaris 10 and done certification part-1 and part-2. > > I am not able to answer the below questions as i do not have work > experience on solaris. please help me with your answers. > > Q.1

Re: [osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread bsd
Quoted from your article: "OpenSolaris is derived from the Unix System V Release 4 codebase, with significant modifications made by Sun since it bought the rights to that code in 1994." I wasn't aware that Sun bought the rights to SVR4, released in 1990, because it was a joint project between U

Re: [osol-discuss] Seeing .nfs0000000000002def00000002 on nfs mounts from linux

2010-04-22 Thread Harry Putnam
Haaa lots of nice input there... thanks folks ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Why are prices for Solaris 10 OS support not on Oracles Web pages?

2010-04-22 Thread Marion Hakanson
hedr...@rutgers.edu said: > I'm confused. I tried to find this posting at opensolaris.org, but it doesn't > seem to be there. I'm on the email list, sent this posting out via email. It probably had not trickled through all the layers back to the forum. > I understand that Oracle needs to make

Re: [osol-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.11

2010-04-22 Thread Giovanni Tirloni
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Vishal Ahuja wrote: > Hi All, > > If I use the priocntl command to change the class of a process from > 'Interactive' to 'Real time', and set its priority to 59, how does this > process fare against other user and kernel processes in the system. > RT threads have

Re: [osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread E. Mike Durbin
On 04/22/2010 06:32 PM, bsd wrote: Quoted from your article: "OpenSolaris is derived from the Unix System V Release 4 codebase, with significant modifications made by Sun since it bought the rights to that code in 1994." I wasn't aware that Sun bought the rights to SVR4, released in 1990, beca

Re: [osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread bsd
The way he states it in his article is that Sun made significant changes after buying SVR4, which is incorrect, because changes to SVR4 were made after Solaris was open sourced. Significant changes were made when SVR4 was developed, not after. Solaris 2.0 was developed from SVR4. -- This mess

Re: [osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread Jason King
I would say at the very least, the slab allocator, dtrace, zfs, smf, are all things that would count as a 'significant' change, all of which were I believe after SVR4, but prior to Opensolaris. On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:20 PM, bsd wrote: > The way he states it in his article is that Sun made sign

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
> On 22/04/2010 11:11, Svein Skogen wrote: > > On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: > >> You miss the point. This is a discussion list > about OpenSolaris. Not > >> about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about > Solaris. Not about Solaris > >> patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even

Re: [osol-discuss] Sendmail as SASL auth client?

2010-04-22 Thread Richard L. Hamilton
Just an FYI: Comcast seems to have changed their authentication requirements today, which broke some stuff. My sendmail is running on Solaris 9, but with my own build of sendmail (don't even ask how I did that, I've long since forgotten), since I needed features that the old version supplied with

Re: [osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread Alan Coopersmith
bsd wrote: > The way he states it in his article is that Sun made significant changes > after buying SVR4, which is incorrect, because changes to SVR4 were made > after Solaris was open sourced. Significant changes were made when SVR4 was > developed, not after. Solaris 2.0 was developed from

Re: [osol-discuss] Oracle charging for ODF plugin

2010-04-22 Thread Martin Bochnig
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 5:04 AM, Richard L. Hamilton wrote: >> On 22/04/2010 11:11, Svein Skogen wrote: >> > On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: >> >> You miss the point. This is a discussion list >> about OpenSolaris. Not >> >> about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about >> Solaris. Not a

Re: [osol-discuss] Review of OpenSolaris at Desktop Linux Reviews

2010-04-22 Thread bsd
I didn't say there weren't significant changes since 2.0 and the release of SVR4, but the article implies that "significant changes" occurred to Solaris after 1994 when he says Sun bought the SVR4 codebase. That is not an accurate statement, given the timeline of Solaris development and release

Re: [osol-discuss] i am on job trials.

2010-04-22 Thread Anon Y Mous
>Friends, i am on job trials. >I have learned solaris 10 and done certification part-1 and part-2. >I am not able to answer the below questions as i do not have work >experience >on solaris. please help me with your answers. >Q.1) What is the project you are presently working on? >Q.2) What is y