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The Future of OpenSolaris

Posted by kdawson on from the setting-sun dept.

jjrff writes "Phoronix has a little piece about the future (or lack thereof) of OpenSolaris. It appears based on the current support lifecycle, OpenSolaris may be going away. There is a fun thread (read: mild flameage) on a ZFS list about it."

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  1. Re:Bugger. by goldaryn · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Can somebody show me something good to come from the Oracle-Sun deal? Anything?"

    Cutlery related anecdotes for the next 10 billion years

  2. Re:Bugger. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "Synergy"?

  3. Blatant Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only mild flamage? You see this is why I prefer Linux!

  4. Re:OS going away, or just "contractual support"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And then only if your vendor is also incompetent.

    Here, fixed it for you. A competent vendor serving an incompetent client means "charge the sucker as much as he can pay!".

    So:
    * if you are competent, and your vendor is incompetent, better go with FLOSS.
    * if you are competent, and your vendor is also competent, FLOSS is cheaper.
    * if you are incompetent and your vendor is also incompetent, Propietary is the way.
    * if you are incompetent and your is competent, stop paying through your nose and look for another vendor.