http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/sun-oracle-community-continuity.html
Half way down it says:
Will Oracle support Java and OpenSolaris User Groups, as Sun has?
Yes, Oracle will indeed enthusiastically support the Java User Groups,
OpenSolaris User Groups, and other Sun-related user group communities
(including the Java Champions), just as Oracle actively supports
hundreds of product-oriented user groups today. We will be reaching out
to these groups soon.
Hope this helps,
Troy
On 02/22/10 02:22 PM, Henrik Johansen wrote:
On 02/22/10 09:52 PM, Tim Cook wrote:
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.rito...@gmail.com
<mailto:jacob.rito...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Since it seems you have absolutely no grasp of what's happening here,
Coming from the guy proclaiming the sky is falling without actually
having ANY official statement whatsoever to back up that train of
thought.
perhaps it would be best for you to continue to sit idly by and let
this happen. Thanks helping out with the crude characterisations
though.
Idly let what happen? The unconfirmed death of opensolaris that you've
certified for us all without any actual proof?
Well - the lack of support subscriptions *is* a death sentence for
OpenSolaris in many companies and I believe that this is what the OP
complained about.
Do you understand that the OpenSolaris page has a sunset in
it and the Solaris page doesn't?
I understand previous versions of every piece of software Oracle sells
have Sunset pages, yes. If you read the page I sent you, it clearly
states that every release of Opensolaris gets 5 years of support from
GA. That doesn't mean they aren't releasing another version. That
doesn't mean they're ending the opensolaris project. That doesn't mean
they are no longer selling support for it. Had you actually read the
link I posted, you'd have figured that out.
Sun provides contractual support on the OpenSolaris OS for up to five
years from the product's first General Availability (GA) date as
described <http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/eosl_opensolaris.html>.
OpenSolaris Package Updates are released approximately every 6 months.
OpenSolaris Subscriptions entitle customers during the term of the
Customer's Subscription contract to receive support on their current
version of OpenSolaris, as well as receive individual Package Updates
and OpenSolaris Support Repository Package Updates when made
commercially available by Sun. Sun may require a Customer to download
and install Package Updates or OpenSolaris OS Updates that have been
released since Customer's previous installation of OpenSolaris,
particularly when fixes have already been
Have you spent enough (any) time
trying to renew your contracts only to see that all mentions of
OpenSolaris have been deleted from the support pages over the last few
days?
Can you tell me which Oracle rep you've spoken to who confirmed the
cancellation of Opensolaris? It's funny, nobody I've talked to seems to
have any idea what you're talking about. So please, a name would be
wonderful so I can direct my inquiry to this as-of-yet unnamed source.
I have spoken to our local Oracle sales office last week because I
wanted to purchase a new OpenSolaris support contract - I was informed
that this was no longer possible and that Oracle is unable to provide
paid support for OpenSolaris at this time.
This, specifically, is what has been yanked out from under me
and my company. This represents years of my and my team's effort and
investment.
Again, without some sort of official word, nothing has changed...
I take the official Oracle website to be rather ... official ?
Lets recap, shall we ?
a) Almost every trace of OpenSolaris Support subscriptions vanished from
the official website within the last 14 days.
b) An Oracle sales rep informed me personally last week that I could no
longer purchase support subscriptions for OpenSolaris.
Please, do me a favor and call your local Oracle rep and ask for an
Opensolaris Support subscription quote and let us know how it goes ...
It says right here those contracts are for both solaris AND opensolaris.
http://www.sun.com/service/subscriptions/index.jsp
Click Sun System Service Plans
<http://www.sun.com/service/serviceplans/sunspectrum/index.jsp>:
http://www.sun.com/service/serviceplans/sunspectrum/index.jsp
Sun System Service Plans for Solaris
Sun System Service Plans for the Solaris Operating System provide
integrated hardware and* Solaris OS (or OpenSolaris OS)* support service
coverage to help keep your systems running smoothly. This single price,
complete system approach is ideal for companies running Solaris on Sun
hardware.
Sun System Service Plans != (Open)Solaris Support subscriptions
But thank you for the scare chicken little.
--Tim
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