Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Ivan Wang
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

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Chris Ridd
On 16 Nov 2010, at 08:37, Ivan Wang wrote: So it somehow reminds me the old RecommendedSecurity patch cluster and Maintenance Update, where Recommended cluster is public available, MU is only available to customers under contract. Well it *could* be, but it seems more likely to be based

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Kyle McDonald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/16/2010 2:04 AM, Ian Collins wrote: On 11/16/10 07:46 PM, Sean M. Brannon wrote: 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

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Andrew Watkins
On 11/16/10 04:45 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. Oh, awesome. More demo software. Free

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Andrew Watkins wrote: On 11/16/10 04:45 AM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. Oh, awesome. More

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Nikola M
Ian Collins wrote: On 11/16/10 05:42 PM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. Oh, awesome. More demo

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Nikola M
Ian Collins wrote: 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. OpenSolaris /dev releases included

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Bayard Bell
Alan, come on. What does access to basic patches have to do with production deployment? Even at home, I don't look at some set of my boxes and even think, oh, those can go without patches. And the idea that you've got a product that's supposed to be available for evaluation and development but

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-16 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Bayard Bell wrote: Alan, come on. What does access to basic patches have to do with production deployment? Because that's the business model Oracle's business people have chosen. Why aren't there reasonably priced subscriptions available for development, education, and evaluation that

[osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Sean M. Brannon
What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Page seven of the release notes refers to accessing information about updates: For information about current security alerts and critical

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. -- -Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Platform

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Shawn Walker
On 11/15/10 05:35 PM, Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Page seven of the release notes refers to accessing information about updates: For information

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Dave Koelmeyer
Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. Oh, awesome. More demo software. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. Oh, awesome. More demo software. Free trial/evaluation software. Like Solaris 10,

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Ian Collins
On 11/16/10 05:42 PM, Dave Koelmeyer wrote: Sean M. Brannon wrote: What is the update/patch policy for Express? i.e. is an Oracle support contract required to gain access to Solaris 11 Express software/security updates? Yes. Oh, awesome. More demo software. If you

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Sean M. Brannon
Thank you for the answers guys. Not that I'm happy about their content. :-( My intent wasn't to use Solaris 11 Express in production. Or at least I wouldn't consider a home server as production. I wanted a chance to use Solaris 11 and re-familiarize myself with Solaris in general, and thought

Re: [osol-discuss] Update/patch policy?

2010-11-15 Thread Ian Collins
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