Bye bye Sun Ray, Good memories scripting the kiosk for fun but also for tailored production frontends.
Patrick On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Dave McGuire <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/16/2013 11:22 AM, Leigh Porter wrote: > >>>> seen this ... > >>>> > http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-to-halt-development-of-sun-virtualization-technologies-7000018028 > >>>> > >>>> ? > >>> > >>> ughhm-- that was not what i wanted to read today :( > >>> sad news. > >> > >> It's not what any of us wanted to read. But Oracle has never been > >> particularly good at actually listening to their customers. > > > > Why should they? They don't seem to have been affected by it really. > > Yes, I guess you're right. Oracle's suits will still be taking home > their > bonuses. > > > Of course, you should never use proper open source because well, you > just can't get the support and you have no idea where it will end up.... > > Heh. Of course. :-( > > "Corporate I.T." has gotten so bad anymore that anytime I see an "I.T." > guy > wearing a tie, I automatically assume he's a total idiot. That assumption > has turned out to be correct most of the time. > > In thirty years of doing this kind of work, starting well before the term > "open source" was even coined, I've always gotten the best quality, the > best > support, and the best results from free software. Conversely, I've always > gotten the least quality, poorest/slowest/least-clueful support, and > overall > most disappointing results from commercial software. > > Sun Ray has been great, and it has had a long run as a product, but it > could've gone on for decades longer. Oracle's clueless management has > screwed us once again. > > -Dave > > -- > Dave McGuire, AK4HZ > New Kensington, PA > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users >
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