On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Mike DeMarco <mikej...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> So, folks, again, GET USED TO the new communication, >> and DO NEVER EVER draw >> WRONG conclusions! >> >> It's so easy! > > Normally I would agree, but I know for a fact that this lack of communication > about a way forward with Sun products is driving businesses away. Every > businesses that I talk to is now looking for a migration path away from > Solaris due to, UNCERTAINTY in the direction.
Very true, and I hate to see it happen. But it happens before our all´s eyeballs :-( :-( :-( >> Oracle had nine months to plan a strategy for Solaris and they did just >> that, SAY NOTHING TILL IT DIES. We have are RED HAT AND THAT IS THAT. It is completely disappointing. Not because they don´t ^hold our hand^ (as somebody put it last week). But simply because they are very effectively DESTROYING their own UNIX business. Afterwards their (lack of or not or yes) attitude towards the community won´t matter anymore, if Solaris turns into a rarely used niche product. > So you can look at it with your rose color glasses but when you take them off > and look at all the businesses that are looking for consultants to migrate > from Solaris to AIX, Migrate from Solaris to Linux. You don't need to be a > good poker player to read the tells that Oracle is presenting. > > Even the Sales reps are frustrated with Oracle as they can get no information > from them either. They do not even have Non Disclosure Agreement information > any longer. I think Solaris-enthusiasts on both sides (Oracle-intern and extern) are getting cold feet now. This also explains this hopeless UPPERCASE-shouting. But will it help to refuse, that reality exists? > > I have lived in the Sun world for the past 20 years and find Oracles > treatment worse than what we would have gotten from IBM. Although I did not expect that just a few months ago, until now it really looks that bad, unfortunately, yes :( Although: IBM would have closed off the entire Open-foo projects and sites, mailing lists and so on on the first day under their reign. Simply because they hated Sun so much. %mab _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
