On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 03:41:49PM -0400, David Holland wrote: > Has Oracle changed its position with regards to patch availability for > the freely available downloads of Solaris x86? > > Last I heard, patches were not available with out a support contract. > > ( Granted, HP is no better with its position towards VMS patches, but > at least (last I checked) VMS wasn't terribly attractive option for > the script kiddies. ) > > Unfortunately, as far as I know, if you want a free (as in beer) > patched Unix-alike, your choices are a Linux based distribution, or a > Linux based distribution. Which is unfortunate.
Well, NetBSD _might_ smell a little funny, but it is certainly still alive ;-) And it should support Alpha & VAX (worked fine, a few years ago, even on simh/vax). A friend of mine is still actively working on netbsd/vax. If the less wide platform support isn't a problem, FreeBSD might be worth a look too. Besides Intel, it runs on sparc64 (like the Sun V100 beside me), but only as a Tier 2 platform (i.e. it works, but doesn't get high priority support). Kind regards, Alex. -- "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh