On 7/12/10 Jul 12, 10:49 AM, "Linder, Doug" <doug.lin...@merchantlink.com> wrote:
> Out of sheer curiosity - and I'm not disagreeing with you, just wondering - > how does ZFS make money for Oracle when they don't charge for it? Do you > think it's such an important feature that it's a big factor in customers > picking Solaris over other platforms? I'm looking at a new web server for the company, and am considering Solaris specifically because of ZFS. (Oracle's lousy sales model-- specifically the unwillingness to give a price for a Solaris support contract without my having to send multiple emails to multiple addresses-- may yet push me back to my default CentOS platform, but to the extent that Oracle is even in the running it's because of ZFS.) -- Dave Pooser, ACSA Manager of Information Services Alford Media http://www.alfordmedia.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
