As for this whole thread of discussion, the point of Oracle Solaris 10 being
non-free seems like a trolling event.
Oracle Solaris 10 10/09 (u8) is currently FREE to download. From a business
point of view, if Oracle really pulled the plug on the downloads - what does
that matter to us?!? I'd hope home users would download or obtain a copy of
Solaris 10 before this happen. Whether you go to *BSD or back to Linux is just
another story. It is nice to have choices. But, this conversation is really not
appropriate in consideration of the OpenSolaris project. Oracle Solaris 10/Next
is intended as a 'profitable' and 'marketable' enterprise OS solution - just
like Windows desktop/server is intended to make a profit for Microsoft. We
should not let personal interests cloud corporate business reality.
Oracle's Solaris 10 is not an open source operating system or product. Solaris
10 does not have many of the features of the OpenSolaris binary release(s). You
can download Solaris 10 10/09 RIGHT NOW. The 90-day license limitation does NOT
apply right now. Meaning, you don't have to pay to download Solaris 10 10/09
today. We are crying over spilled milk - yet to be spilled!!!
As popular as Solaris 8 was back in 2000-2009, it is now an unsupported OS
product and no longer marketed. The same fate came to Solaris 9. For those
of us who need Solaris 10, we have it. So what you were given was a major wake
up call to get Solaris 10 if you need it and if you REALLY need it then take
care of your support issues before things change. Really now, it is THAT simple
to deal with for many of us.
The forum is about OpenSolaris and many of us use it for production purposes
where it fits. Linux and *BSD are just other OS solutions as is Windows Server
editions. If the shoe doesn't fit in your home or corporate datacenter
environment, go buy another shoe that fits. I think it is that easy for many of
us.
I've mentioned elsewhere that Oracle PUBLICALLY has stated that OpenSolaris
is not something they will kill off - and will support the community efforts
already underway where it benefits them. They have already launched many
support roadmaps for legacy products. I don't think Oracle
would put a banner like "Solaris - the #1 Enterprise OS" and not put in the
smarts to back it up. On the flip side, the COMMUNITY of engineers,
consultants, and developers are what make OpenSolaris really work outside of
the brick walls of Oracle.
You can't FULLY compare an OpenSolaris release in BETA versus *BSD/Linux
as many things are in transition with OpenSolaris. You are not dealing
with a 'finished' enterprise OS product to compare to a boxed set of RHES,
Windows 7, or *BSD. You can't buy a set of OpenSolaris DVDs at your computer
store or from a reseller with all the 5000+ software packages that would come
with a Debian boxed set of DVDs. So, we have apples and oranges in that
conversation. You are dealing with engineering snapshots and BETA releases of
'something to come'. Treat it as such - and you'll be much happier in the end.
As for Oracle Solaris 10, it is as free as it was yesterday. Kindly get off
this cruise ship if you can't handle the motion in the ocean...
All in good fun,
~ Ken Mays
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