Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:34:53 -0800 From: Joshua Pincus <joshua.pincus@gmail.com> To: "Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@netbasix.net> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RE: Bailing on Solaris? Message-ID: <AANLkTimOpo7ZBxLRu0GBKb25EK8JvpzA7q7EQh9aD%2B3V@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <013601cbbce4$5a103c90$0e30b5b0$@net> References: <mailman.0.1295994058.43055.freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> <Pine.SOC.4.64.1101251726530.11805@blueman> <013601cbbce4$5a103c90$0e30b5b0$@net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi, I agree with your assessment about patches. That act by oracle was scandalous. >From an innovation and quality perspective, I do not see any let up now that oracle has taken over. JP On Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM, "Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@netbasix.net> wrote: > I'm getting ready to, that's for sure. I can't believe they won't sell a > software subscription for patches like spectrum support. A loss of income > for them, a worry for me. > > I've been watching this list for a while. Not long enough to make a > decision. Back to lurking. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> sparc64@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of John Jackson >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:33 PM >> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org >> Subject: Bailing on Solaris? >> >> Sooo, how many other people have come here lately because they are >> ready >> to bail on Solaris? Ooops, I mean Oracle??? :( >> >> >From what I can see so far, it looks like FreeBSD has solid and still >> healthy support for Sparc platforms? I'm trying to decide where to >> jump >> to, since Oracle seems like it's accellerating toward death for Solaris >> as >> I've come to gladly know it over the last 5 years or so. Does anyone >> want >> to email me their opinion on using FreeBSD on Sun hardware? I've got 4 >> Sunfire 280R's that I've been planning on putting into service for the >> next 5 years or so.. >> >> -John >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64- >> unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?AANLkTimOpo7ZBxLRu0GBKb25EK8JvpzA7q7EQh9aD%2B3V>