Yes (compile work) Yes (use Studio 12.3) No (pay for Studio support) Reason -- license says that we don't have to pay if we don't want support. I support it myself, for my own use.
When I do a build, I always update and patch my tools, such as Studio 12.3, before I compile for each release. I have not yet installed the patches below because we have not had a build/release since the patches came out. When we build, I do use the optimizations in the compiler specific to the platform we are deploying on. These are not all available w/ GCC. I just tried to download 148917-07.zip which is in your list below. It worked for me, but I'm not paying any extra for Oracle Solaris Studio support. Perhaps its included in something else I'm paying for? I'm not sure. Are you saying you can't download it? Neil G. Brookins Identity and Authentication Solutions - IT Global Solutions Towers Watson 1500 Market Street | Philadelphia, PA 19102 Phone: +1 215 246 6046 neil.brook...@towerswatson.com -----Original Message----- From: pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at [mailto:pca-boun...@lists.univie.ac.at] On Behalf Of Dennis Clarke Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 2:15 PM To: pca@lists.univie.ac.at Subject: [pca] question to folks running Oracle Solaris Studio 12 or 12.3 Merely a polite question to anyone out there that still has Solaris systems doing compile work AND you are still using Oracle Solaris Studio 12 or 12.3 releases. Has anyone bothered to spend the money for the separate support on the compiler tools and was it worth the expense as near as you can tell? Why? I see this often in my pca reports and often wonder if I should just kick out the $1500 that Oracle wants or just use GCC : root@sunback # grep "Studio" ./pca_data/sunback/patch_report_missing 148921 -- < 11 --- 56 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for Compiler Common components 148506 -- < 16 --- 57 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for C++ Compiler 148517 -- < 08 --- 21 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for fortran compiler 8.6 148902 -- < 05 --- 99 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for Solaris SunOS 5.10 Performan 148917 -- < 07 --- 99 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for Oracle Solaris C Compiler 148922 -- < 09 --- 21 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for dbx 7.9 148928 -- < 02 --- 198 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for IDE 148931 -- < 03 --- 216 Oracle Solaris Studio 12.3: Patch for Performance Library Not sure why Oracle separated out the compilers from the normal support contracts. Other than to get an additional 0.01% revenue from the one person in 10,000 that still has these things running. Anyways, wonder if anyone has seen any benefit or is it just another waste of money to Oracle. Dennis Clarke Notice of Confidentiality This transmission contains information that may be confidential. It has been prepared for the sole and exclusive use of the intended recipient and on the basis agreed with that person. If you are not the intended recipient of the message (or authorized to receive it for the intended recipient), you should notify us immediately; you should delete it from your system and may not disclose its contents to anyone else. This e-mail has come to you from Towers Watson Delaware Inc. or Towers Watson Pennsylvania Inc.
