-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24.03.2010 11:13, Erik Trimble wrote: > Haulyn Jason wrote: >> >> Many things changed, we must face to these, but, can anybody tell me, >> how can we still believe oracle will keep opensolaris as now? Who can >> make sure opensolaris will not change it's own way? >> >> is it the time to migrate from sun(now as oracle/sun) productions to >> linux, although I do not want to. >> > Frankly, while I'm not terribly happy with some of the things being > slowly dribbled out (and, less so in the manner that they're happening), > I think it's far too early to make such decisions now. > > It's barely a month after the formal close of the merger. As someone > from the inside's experience, there's still a huge amount of work to be > done as to integrating Sun into Oracle, which include a massive amount > of education on both sides as to how things both did and might work in > the future. While I'm sure that Oracle had it's plan for what it was > going to do with Sun after the acquisition, there's an old saying in the > military: No Plan Survives Contact with the Enemy. I'm /very/ certain > that whatever plan Oracle came in with, it's going to undergo (possibly > radical) change now that the merger is actually finalized. > > Go ahead and take what information they're giving you for now, and make > sure you give our Sales Reps your feedback, both good and bad. That's > how the /real/ decisions are going to be made. I think there is a > strong possibility that there will be *several* changes in direction and > policies over the coming months, as Oracle figures out what they're > really doing with Sun; part of that process is Oracle figuring out how > their perceived notions fit with the reality of both the marketplace and > Sun's existing customer base. > > Bottom line: it's very premature to bail right now. That's a huge > thing to do, given that what is said today may not be the reality > tomorrow. I'm not saying sit on your hands and do nothing, but certainly > jumping ship at the first sign of trouble is equally foolish. > > > [Note: I just work here at Oracle nowadays, and I'm certainly not > privy to anything that might be going on, policy-wise]
I agree that jumping ship FROM a large (Open)Solaris installation is premature. However, I think you can see how "jumping aboard" (Open)Solaris right now (From FreeBSD that has ZFS as well) doesn't look tempting with all this ... confusion raging around? //Svein - -- - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- /"\ |Svein Skogen | [email protected] \ / |Solberg Østli 9 | PGP Key: 0xE5E76831 X |2020 Skedsmokorset | [email protected] / \ |Norway | PGP Key: 0xCE96CE13 | | [email protected] ascii | | PGP Key: 0x58CD33B6 ribbon |System Admin | [email protected] Campaign|stillbilde.net | PGP Key: 0x22D494A4 +-------------------+------------------------------- |msn messenger: | Mobile Phone: +47 907 03 575 |[email protected] | RIPE handle: SS16503-RIPE - --------+-------------------+------------------------------- If you really are in a hurry, mail me at [email protected] This mailbox goes directly to my cellphone and is checked even when I'm not in front of my computer. - ------------------------------------------------------------ Picture Gallery: https://gallery.stillbilde.net/v/svein/ - ------------------------------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkup8TwACgkQSBMQn1jNM7ZfoACeJM1gP2OGjuynB6v9I3X3cMu6 w5AAoIeDrKNToASOmj0b6leWQAbXPseU =B2RJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
