> > 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 Solaris on
> selfbuilt hardware is... About as perpetual as a snowball in the
> underworld?
I also find it hard to believe that Oracle should revoke perpetual
licenses and refuse good money from non-Sun hardware customers.
This is more a PR disaster. Oracle needs to spell out what it will
and will not allow with Solaris more clearly.
Two weeks ago, I attended a "Sun Oracle Welcome" event in Frankfurt.
None of the things people keep complaining about on the net were
confirmed, except one (no free security patches any more).
Gerry Haskins (Director, Software Patch Services) explicitly stated
that Oracle will sell a support contract for both Solaris 10 and
OpenSolaris. It was clear that this is on whatever existing hardware the
customer has, since it is a "software only" contract.
Still people go on and on about it. This is just FUD mongering.
Regards -- Volker
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