If we're overreacting, it's based on Oracle's inability to clarify. We're
working with our sales people. They understand that our current reading of the
license is going to cause us to move a lot of our activity to Linux, and
non-Sun hardware. Thus they have every incentive to clarify, if
Tim Scanlon wrote:
I don't think evaporating non-contract security patch releases is especially
best practice. Note I'm only making reference to security patches. Other types
of patches are really a completely separate issue than this in some respects.
IMHO the problem is that Sun never
Matthias Pfützner matth...@pfuetzner.de wrote:
None of Sun's or Oracle's actual products has real license keys build into the
software. So, it will not stop nor be feature-reduced!
You only will no longer be allowed to used it. When or if-at-all Oracle
might think about sueing you, is
You (Joerg Schilling) wrote:
Matthias Pfützner matth...@pfuetzner.de wrote:
None of Sun's or Oracle's actual products has real license keys build into
the
software. So, it will not stop nor be feature-reduced!
You only will no longer be allowed to used it. When or if-at-all Oracle
And, that's why, AFAIK, Oracle has NEVER tried to sue
anybody for using its
software for more than 90 days. The 90 day limit is
with Oracle for years now,
that's their practice, so, why complain? Just check,
what Oracle had been
doing with their free-software and their licneses.
yeah,
hugh wrote:
But no upfront cost and no support revenue does not make for a good business.
I've no argument with that, or with what you've said about `casual users' etc.
In fact I'm avoiding speculation on the impact of these changes on audited
environments scads of other things that could be
It surrounded all over the world and confused many of Solaris/OpenSolaris guys.
However, I wonder how many guys checked Software License Agreement
of Solaris OS which considered more legal.
http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/licensing/sla.xml
Now, still I can read this document and find about
Maybe this one is Oracle playing an April Fools joke on us as well?
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Two more items of interest have just surfaced:
Oracle has pulled all engineers from wonderland project.
Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all packages
from Solaris prime.
I take this to mean if It has not been put into the public domain already it
will be yanked
On Mar 31, 2010, at 13:34, Mike DeMarco wrote:
Two more items of interest have just surfaced:
Oracle has pulled all engineers from wonderland project.
That's hardly news. Wonderland was clearly headed for the door even pre-ORCA
and the people working on it went off immediately CIC happened
On Wed, 2010-03-31 at 05:34 -0700, Mike DeMarco wrote:
Two more items of interest have just surfaced:
Oracle has pulled all engineers from wonderland project.
Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all packages
from Solaris prime.
I take this to mean if It has
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Mike DeMarco mikej...@yahoo.com wrote:
Two more items of interest have just surfaced:
Just? References?
Oracle has pulled all engineers from wonderland project.
That's not news, Open Wonderland came into being weeks ago.
Oracle has stated that going forward
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Paul Griffith pa...@cse.yorku.ca wrote:
I would be nice to know what packages Oracle is pulling from
OpenSolaris. I wonder if Oracle is just trying to differentiate Solaris
from OpenSolaris (i.e. Redhat Enterprise Linux vs. Fedora / Suse vs
OpenSuse). We
Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all packages
from Solaris prime.
That's always been the case since the OpenSolaris distribution was created
over 2 years ago. Again, nothing new, unless you're referring to or know
something different.
Oracle is doing
You (Robert Milkowski) wrote:
Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all packages
from Solaris prime.
That's always been the case since the OpenSolaris distribution was created
over 2 years ago. Again, nothing new, unless you're referring to or know
something
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Robert Milkowski mi...@task.gda.pl wrote:
Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all
packages from Solaris prime.
That's always been the case since the OpenSolaris distribution was created
over 2 years ago. Again, nothing new, unless
On 31/03/2010 14:55, Robert Milkowski wrote:
Oracle is doing Welcome Sessions and when I attended the London one
couple of weeks ago they mentioned that not everything will be open
source in Open Solaris.
That's always been the case. Everything in the OpenSolaris distro is
freely
On 31/03/2010 14:55, Robert Milkowski wrote:
Oracle is doing Welcome Sessions and when I attended the London one
couple of weeks ago they mentioned that not everything will be open
source in Open Solaris.
That's always been the case. Everything in the OpenSolaris distro is
freely
Mike DeMarco wrote:
Oracle has pulled all engineers from wonderland project.
That happened months ago, unrelated to OpenSolaris.
Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all packages
from Solaris prime.
That is no different than Sun's policy - there were plenty of
I don't think evaporating non-contract security patch releases is especially
best practice. Note I'm only making reference to security patches. Other types
of patches are really a completely separate issue than this in some respects.
It's a fairly simple argument to make that this is a vendor
Most of us that run OpenSolaris rely on Solaris 10 also. We live our day to day
on Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris. As far as I am concerned they go hand in hand
and a major event affecting one of them has ramifications on both. The
discussions that go on on this list are not 100% OpenSolaris but
On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 06:47 -0700, Mike DeMarco wrote:
If you do not like a topic you can skip over it. I do not understand people
that have to get on a thread and trash it for being in the wrong place, Why
do you not just skip reading this thread if you do not agree with it being
here.
This may come as a bit of a shock, but a large number
of us are
subscribed via email. We get those emails whether
we're interested in
the thread or not.
Not at all. I to subscribe via email and have my email sort via filters that
process the emails for me. I read what I want and trash
warranty or technical support you need.
Otherwise, you have other options to utilize for your work or hobbist
environment.
May our cups run over,
Ken Mays
--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Mike DeMarco mikej...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Mike DeMarco mikej...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 10
mikej...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Mike DeMarco mikej...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 10 - no longer free
To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 9:47 AM
Most of us that run OpenSolaris rely
on Solaris 10 also. We live our day to day
OpenSolaris has some nice technologies, but with FreeBSD you can run zfs. With
the 8.0 release you can run vimage which is essentially Solaris Zones, while
FreeBSD has had jails for years and recently upgraded jails to v2. Crossbow is
really the only feature not in FreeBSD that I'd like to
On 03/29/10 02:06 AM, bsd wrote:
OpenSolaris has some nice technologies, but with FreeBSD you can run zfs. With
the 8.0 release you can run vimage which is essentially Solaris Zones, while
FreeBSD has had jails for years and recently upgraded jails to v2. Crossbow is
really the only feature
Dennis Clarke dcla...@blastwave.org wrote:
Ken Gunderson kgund...@teamcool.net
I will make an effort to have this sort of language and tone blocked and
your email removed permanently.
This is unacceptable.
As someone that recently bought and installed Microsoft Windows Ultimate 7
64-bit
bsd mascotgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
OpenSolaris has some nice technologies, but with FreeBSD you can run zfs.
This is an incorrect claim, Opensolaris runs zfs. Please try to avoid
missleading claims.
Jörg
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Dennis Clarke dcla...@blastwave.org wrote:
Ken Gunderson kgund...@teamcool.net
I will make an effort to have this sort of language and tone blocked and
your email removed permanently.
This is unacceptable.
As someone that recently bought and installed Microsoft Windows Ultimate
7
On 29.03.2010 11:52, Joerg Schilling wrote:
bsd mascotgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
OpenSolaris has some nice technologies, but with FreeBSD you can run zfs.
This is an incorrect claim, Opensolaris runs zfs. Please try to avoid
missleading claims.
I suppose what he meant was FreeBSD too has zfs
You (Svein Skogen) wrote:
On 29.03.2010 11:52, Joerg Schilling wrote:
bsd mascotgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
OpenSolaris has some nice technologies, but with FreeBSD you can run zfs.
This is an incorrect claim, Opensolaris runs zfs. Please try to avoid
missleading claims.
I suppose
Svein Skogen sv...@stillbilde.net wrote:
On 29.03.2010 11:52, Joerg Schilling wrote:
bsd mascotgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
OpenSolaris has some nice technologies, but with FreeBSD you can run zfs.
This is an incorrect claim, Opensolaris runs zfs. Please try to avoid
missleading claims.
On 29/03/2010 06:07, Alex Viskovatoff wrote:
Given that we presently have (1), it is perverse to hold to (2). Why should
people go out of their way to be civil, when they know they will get censored?
We already have (2) as well. It's embodied in the OpenSolaris Community
Code of Conduct:
The routines may be working properly on the Jive Forum, but they are
not running at all on the email list.
I agree with Paul and Dennis. Keep it civil and professional or go
find someplace else to participate.
fpsm
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Alex Viskovatoff viskovat...@imap.cc wrote:
As for this whole thread of discussion, the point of Oracle Solaris 10 being
non-free seems like a trolling event.
Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 (u8) is currently FREE to download. From a business
point of view, if Oracle really pulled the plug on the downloads - what does
that matter to us?!? I'd
Hi,
I don't understand why at the actual forums of Solaris 10 OS, I did not find
any complaints about Solaris 10 OS not being free anymore, but here at
OpenSolaris forums that really pertains only to OpenSolaris OS is full of
complaints about Solaris 10.
I thinks this is a more appropriate
So, I'm sorry if I'm beating a dead horse, but has anyone asked/
answered the question of getting support and patches running Solaris
10 on ESX on non-Sun hardware? I've got a semi-ranty email out to my
Sun reps but haven't heard anything back yet.
Thanks in advance, and again, my
I almost built my infrastructure on OpenSolaris and Solaris but am glad I
decided to opt for FreeBSD and OpenBSD instead.
There are way too many problems with OpenSolaris anymore that it wasn't
reliable. Now throw in the 90 day evaluation and then buy costly support is
icing on the cake.
It
bsd mascotgr...@yahoo.com wrote:
I almost built my infrastructure on OpenSolaris and Solaris but am glad I
decided to opt for FreeBSD and OpenBSD instead.
Solaris 10 is not open and never was. Solaris 10 is from January 2005 and
closed source. OpenSolaris is from Jnue 14th 2005.
Jörg
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On Sun, 2010-03-28 at 15:52 -0700, bsd wrote:
I almost built my infrastructure on OpenSolaris and Solaris but am glad I
decided to opt for FreeBSD and OpenBSD instead.
There are way too many problems with OpenSolaris anymore that it wasn't
reliable. Now throw in the 90 day evaluation and
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Ken Gunderson kgund...@teamcool.net
I will make an effort to have this sort of language and tone blocked and
your email removed permanently.
This is unacceptable.
As someone that recently bought and installed Microsoft Windows Ultimate 7
64-bit edition I would rather look at the cost of
I will make an effort to have this sort of language and tone blocked and
your email removed permanently.
This is unacceptable.
speaking as a businessman I certianly [sic] do.
Quite franky [sic], on these public mail lists, you will use correct english
[sic] or
at least acceptable language
On 03/28/10 10:51 PM, Alex Viskovatoff wrote:
I will make an effort to have this sort of language and tone blocked and
your email removed permanently.
This is unacceptable.
speaking as a businessman I certianly [sic] do.
Quite franky [sic], on these public mail
These forums aren't censored for content, just for fowl language, we try to
keep it civil here. I agree with Dennis Clarks warning.
Yes, they are censored for foul language. This is how the post that is
provoking the outrage appears if you view it in the Forums:
let's not dis Open/Solaris
On 03/29/10 01:07 AM, Alex Viskovatoff wrote:
These forums aren't censored for content, just for fowl language, we try to
keep it civil here. I agree with Dennis Clarks warning.
Yes, they are censored for foul language. This is how the post that is
provoking the outrage appears if you
These forums aren't censored for content, just for fowl language, we try
to keep it civil here. I agree with Dennis Clarks warning.
Yes, they are censored for foul language. This is how the post that is
provoking the outrage appears if you view it in the Forums:
I have had quite enough of
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or
_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
Is the hardware OEM's that supply the chips, controllers etc supporting
Oracle's support strategy?
---Bob
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The hardware components used within a given system would not have to have the
same policy when the end product machine is used in registry.
This page is © Copyright 2001-2010 helpwithpcs.com
An example of OEM hardware would be: A hardware company that manufactures one
type of circuit board
Have these policies already gone into place, because I am still (crossing
fingers) getting security updates on my Solaris 10 box with no agreement. I
just got a new one today. Thanks!
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Visualisation? In the DataCenter?
I guess, you're talking about Virtualization, right?
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Ian Collins i...@ianshome.com
Cc: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
Someone's overlooked the whole visualisation thing. What's one of
OpenSolaris's bit selling
I would have to guess no not from the current manufacturer. Maybe possible from
someone else in the net framework if what your doing is important enough ??
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On 03/28/10 07:15 AM, Matthias Pfützner wrote:
Visualisation? In the DataCenter?
I guess, you're talking about Virtualization, right?
Right, trust me to copy and paste a typo!
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Giovanni Tirloni wrote:
Personally I'm an open source advocate so any software business model
that is closed will have to try hard to convince me that it's better
than all the community can provide in testing, bug reporting, free
marketing, free support, etc.
You might be an advocate, but have
On Sat, 2010-03-27 at 10:35 -0700, B wrote:
Have these policies already gone into place, because I am still (crossing
fingers) getting security updates on my Solaris 10 box with no agreement. I
just got a new one today. Thanks!
I just took another look at it - the download page has been
Good luck to us all!
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There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or
_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
Presuming it to be accurate, there are a couple of considerations
that approach misses:
* some of today's home/educational/small business have influence
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On 26.03.2010 12:14, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or
_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
Presuming it to be accurate, there are a couple of
On Thu, 2010-03-25 at 21:10 -0700, Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
...snip
Oracle (ORCL) has adopted what amounts to an all or nothing hardware
support policy,
On 24 Mar 2010, at 14:22, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
add in another 80,000 and it's even more overwhelmingly impossible, especially
as we're just barely starting to learn how to find information on
Oracle's network.
Not to mention that there are still large parts of Sun outside the US that
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 04:14 -0700, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or
_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
Presuming it to be accurate, there are a couple of considerations
that approach
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 12:28 +0100, Svein Skogen wrote:
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There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or
_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Ken Gunderson kgund...@teamcool.netwrote:
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 04:14 -0700, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or
_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
Yes, there's nothing necessarily wrong with a unified support policy in itself.
But Oracle has also adopted the policy of not allowing users the option of
paying a (significantly lower) fee to get updates without getting support. This
seem to be bad business, not to mention open hostility to
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 14:53 -0300, Giovanni Tirloni wrote:
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Ken Gunderson kgund...@teamcool.net
wrote:
On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 04:14 -0700, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
There is more information here:
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On 26.03.2010 19:27, Ken Gunderson wrote:
Having familiarity with Linux, *BSD, and HP-UX over the years, and
Open/Solaris more recently, my take is that Open/Solaris IS
technologically superior. I have no experience with AIX so cannot
comment.
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 2:33 PM, Svein Skogen sv...@stillbilde.net wrote:
On 26.03.2010 19:27, Ken Gunderson wrote:
Having familiarity with Linux, *BSD, and HP-UX over the years, and
Open/Solaris more recently, my take is that Open/Solaris IS
technologically superior. I have no experience
On 03/26/10 05:10 PM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote:
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
Bringing this back a little closer to topicality, there one feature
relating to OpenSolaris missing from that
On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 03:13 -0700, Erik Trimble wrote:
Haulyn Jason wrote:
Many things changed, we must face to these, but, can anybody tell me,
how can we still believe oracle will keep opensolaris as now? Who can
make sure opensolaris will not change it's own way?
is it the
kgund...@teamcool.net said:
. . .
A - DR - At this point Oracle is very focused on places where they can make
revenue and margin. Unfortunately for us, we have not seen a good uptake on
those standalone subscriptions. Has seen more emails on the topic than the
total number of systems sold.
There is more information here:
http://www.cio.com/article/588163/Oracle_Enacts_all_Or_Nothing_Hardware_Support_Policy?taxonomyId=3234
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On 2010年03月24日 12:40, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
And the forum's are now apparently now programmed to
censor comments, although they don't even have basic
functionality like displaying boldface. I can and
bu_gg_er got turned into asterisks.
Brilliant.
That's not new, it's been censoring
Haulyn Jason wrote:
Many things changed, we must face to these, but, can anybody tell me,
how can we still believe oracle will keep opensolaris as now? Who can
make sure opensolaris will not change it's own way?
is it the time to migrate from sun(now as oracle/sun) productions to
linux,
Erik,
Bottom line: it's very premature to bail right now. That's a huge
thing to do, given that what is said today may not be the reality
tomorrow. I'm not saying sit on your hands and do nothing, but
certainly jumping ship at the first sign of trouble is equally foolish.
What you say is
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On 24.03.2010 11:13, Erik Trimble wrote:
Haulyn Jason wrote:
Many things changed, we must face to these, but, can anybody tell me,
how can we still believe oracle will keep opensolaris as now? Who can
make sure opensolaris will not change it's
Sean Sprague s...@cvok.co.uk wrote:
What you say is absolutely correct; and OpenSolaris users should read it
at face value. Oracle now has at its command the best set of
developers/sustainers/supporters that exist, IMO; and unless Oracle is
infinitely short-sighted, then OpenSolaris will
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
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Mike DeMarco wrote:
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
Because most of the Sun/Oracle people here are engineers and have
absolutely no idea what's happening in the world of issuing licenses
and selling support contracts - at
Mike,
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
Aside to AlanC's (always) measured response, I suspect an implicit
gagging order might be present.
Regards... Sean.
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Mike,
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
Aside to AlanC's (always) measured response, I suspect an implicit
gagging order might be present.
This is just too funny.
Casper
On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 15:44 +0100, casper@sun.com wrote:
Mike,
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
Aside to AlanC's (always) measured response, I suspect an implicit
gagging order might be present.
This is
Mark,
On Wed, 2010-03-24 at 15:44 +0100, casper@sun.com wrote:
Mike,
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
Aside to AlanC's (always) measured response, I suspect an implicit
gagging order might be
This being funny how?
I would guess that some of the people on this list are using the
OpenSolaris as a testbed for Solaris Next, to prospect options for
their coming solutions for their commercial products.
For some the possibility that only Sun HW is supported in the
commercial product might be
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 07:22:45AM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Mike DeMarco wrote:
I do not notice anyone from Sun/Oracle making any comment on this thread.
Why are you guys so quiet?
Because most of the Sun/Oracle people here are engineers and have
absolutely no idea what's
just got this in from Sun Sales rep.
Oracle Hardware Service Changes
Support Options
I. Systems
Premier Support for Systems
Covers system hardware, OS and virtualization software
One level of Service
7/24
[...]
8% of customer’s net system price
There will only be one price list –
Hardware Price List
Service pricing is based on hardware
price
[...]
Well..._that_ destroys support for the home user. I mean, am I really
going to spend 8% * the $12000 or so that my Sun Blade 2000 (with
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 07:54 -0700, Richard L. Hamilton wrote:
[...]
8% of customer’s net system price
There will only be one price list –
Hardware Price List
Service pricing is based on hardware
price
[...]
Well..._that_ destroys support for the home user. I mean, am I
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 04:46 -0700, Mike DeMarco wrote:
just got this in from Sun Sales rep.
[snip the royal arse fsck'ing by Oracle]
VI. Service Portfolio Details:
http://www.oracle.com/us/support/systems/operating-
systems/index.html
2) Solaris 10 license are changed such that you can no longer use for
more than 90 days evaluation w/o Entitlement. Again, w/o any advance
notice.
3) New Entitlements are now only available with purchase of SPARC
hardware.
I had a look at the licensing information that there is a link to on
On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 15:30 -0700, Alex Viskovatoff wrote:
2) Solaris 10 license are changed such that you can no longer use for
more than 90 days evaluation w/o Entitlement. Again, w/o any advance
notice.
3) New Entitlements are now only available with purchase of SPARC
hardware.
I
Suggest you read a little more thoroughly:
In order to use the Solaris operating system for perpetual commercial
use, each system running Solaris must be expressly licensed to do so. An
Entitlement Document comprises such license and is delivered to you
either with a new Sun system or from Sun
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On 24.03.2010 00:57, Alex Viskovatoff wrote:
Since this is an OpenSolaris board, why are you bringing up FreeBSD? You
can't get official commercial support for FreeBSD any more than you can for
Fedora or for Arch Linux, since all three are free,
Hi Ken,
Here's a post by your Doppelgänger:
http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunSolve/How+Entitlement+Works?focusedCommentId=199106721#comment-199106721
I can't seem to purchase a support contract. The only page that even lists
the ability to purchase it is broken (see dpfloyd's comment), and I
And the forum's are now apparently now programmed to censor comments, although
they don't even have basic functionality like displaying boldface. I can and
bugger got turned into asterisks.
Brilliant.
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And the forum's are now apparently now programmed to
censor comments, although they don't even have basic
functionality like displaying boldface. I can and
bu_gg_er got turned into asterisks.
Brilliant.
That's not new, it's been censoring letter sequences that _might_
correspond to
To update my earlier post:
Opensolaris is free but it has no patches.
Well none until the next 6 month release (There was a paid for montly repo but
this is supposed to be discontinued).
To get security patches or any patches you need to be using the opensolaris dev
line.
There was talk
FYI You can not buy a Solaris 10 software support contract or for that matter
license it at all under X64/X86 unless you are using it on Sun Hardware. This
little ditty has just forced us to move are apache servers to Linux. ;{
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On 22.03.2010 12:43, Mike DeMarco wrote:
FYI You can not buy a Solaris 10 software support contract or for that matter
license it at all under X64/X86 unless you are using it on Sun Hardware. This
little ditty has just forced us to move are apache servers to Linux. ;{
So, the old perpetual
FYI You can not buy a Solaris 10 software support contract or for that
matter license it at all under X64/X86 unless you are using it on Sun
Hardware. This little ditty has just forced us to move are apache servers
to Linux. ;{
So, the old perpetual license I received, per mail, for
This isn't the place to discuss Solaris 10 licensing. This topic has
been discussed on comp.unix.solaris yesterday.
This is a fine place to discuss anything about solaris or opensolaris,
regardless of whether or not it's already been discussed elsewhere. You
can't expect people to know
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