Mass Speculation Suggests Oracle May Kill OpenSolaris

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday July 13, 2009 @07:44AM from the corporations-excel-at-killing-thiving-communities dept.

CWmike writes to point out that Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols is one of many people questioning where Oracle may land once the acquisition of Sun is complete. One concern that I have heard many people express is that there may be a good chance of OpenSolaris getting the axe for not fitting in with the overall corporate vision. "People outside of IT seldom think of Oracle as a Linux company, but it is. Not only does Oracle encourage its customers to use its own house-brand clone of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux), Oracle Unbreakable Linux, Oracle has long used Linux internally both on its servers and on some of its desktops. So, what does a Linux company like Oracle wants to do with its newly purchased Sun's open-source operating system, OpenSolaris? The answer appears to be: 'Nothing.' Sun, Oracle and third-party sources are telling me that OpenSolaris developers are afraid that they'll be either moved over to working on Linux or let go once the Sun/Oracle merger is completed."

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Re:Root is like crack by $RANDOMLUSER · 2009-07-13 07:54 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Been done.

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Re:Dead?? by Fred_A · 2009-07-13 19:27 · Score: 0, Offtopic

OpenSolaris will not be completely dead.
It depends whether the new Sun management is willing to collaborate...
Oracle : Bring out your dead !
Sun : I've got one. nine pence.
Solaris : I'm not dead!
Oracle : What ?
Sun : Nothing -- here's your nine pence.
Solaris : I'm not dead!
Oracle : Here -- he says he's not dead!
Sun : Yes, he is.
Solaris : I'm getting better!
Sun : No, you're not -- you'll be stone dead in a moment.
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