If we're overreacting, it's based on Oracle's inability to clarify. We're working with our sales people. They understand that our current reading of the license is going to cause us to move a lot of our activity to Linux, and non-Sun hardware. Thus they have every incentive to clarify, if that's really the issue. At a certain point even if the intent was not to limit the scope of their systems business, I'm not sure I'm willing to deal with an organization whose sales team can't get answers to critical questions.
I actually find it quite reasonable for Oracle to decide that they're only interested in doing business with people who are willing to pay for high-end support. After all, Sun wasn't making enough money. We have applications for which the new model makes sense. But in most situations, what we used to do with Sun hardware and software probably doesn't fit Oracle's new concept of its market. That's fine. We lived through the death of DEC. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
