Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-25 Thread Sean Sprague
Bob, On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Joerg Schilling wrote: and what uname -s reports. It will surely report OrkOS. For OpenSolaris, OracOS - surely there must be Blakes 7 fans in Oracle Corp.? I am glad to be able to contribute positively and constructively to this discussion. Metoo ;-) ...

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-25 Thread Chris Ridd
On 25 Feb 2010, at 14:28, Sean Sprague wrote: Bob, On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Joerg Schilling wrote: and what uname -s reports. It will surely report OrkOS. For OpenSolaris, OracOS - surely there must be Blakes 7 fans in Oracle Corp.? You can see all the working bits courtesy of

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-23 Thread Anil Gulecha
Hi, Without saying anything negative about Nexenta I would strongly recommend you go try to send a single patch to their equivalent of onnv-gate before recommending it as any sort of replacement for OpenSolaris. Not sure what the above is intended to mean. To clear things, Nexenta project is

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-23 Thread Joerg Schilling
Erik Trimble erik.trim...@sun.com wrote: But, yes, the proper way to talk all about this now is to say Oracle when you mean the company, and Sun when you are talking about specific brand-name products. The latter will almost certainly be restricted to hardware - all software that I know

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-23 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 23 Feb 2010, Joerg Schilling wrote: and what uname -s reports. It will surely report OrkOS. Ork: 2. (Mythology) A mythical monster of varying descriptions; an ogre. [PJC] Goblins, hobgoblins, and orcs of the worst description.

[zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
Oracle's silence is starting to become a bit ominous. What are the future options for zfs, should OpenSolaris be left dead in the water by Suracle? I have no insight into who core zfs developers are (have any been fired by Sun even prior to the merger?), and who's paying them. Assuming a worst

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread C. Bergström
Eugen Leitl wrote: Oracle's silence is starting to become a bit ominous. What are the future options for zfs, should OpenSolaris be left dead in the water by Suracle? I have no insight into who core zfs developers are (have any been fired by Sun even prior to the merger?), and who's paying them.

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Michael Ramchand
I think Oracle have been quite clear about their plans for OpenSolaris. They have publicly said they plan to continue to support it and the community. They're just a little distracted right now because they are in the process of on-boarding many thousand Sun employees, and trying to get them

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Henrik Johansen
On 02/22/10 12:00 PM, Michael Ramchand wrote: I think Oracle have been quite clear about their plans for OpenSolaris. They have publicly said they plan to continue to support it and the community. They're just a little distracted right now because they are in the process of on-boarding many

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Peter Tribble
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: Oracle's silence is starting to become a bit ominous. What are the future options for zfs, should OpenSolaris be left dead in the water by Suracle? I have no insight into who core zfs developers are (have any been fired by

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread James C. McPherson
On 22/02/10 09:40 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Eugen Leitleu...@leitl.org wrote: Oracle's silence is starting to become a bit ominous. What are the future options for zfs, should OpenSolaris be left dead in the water by Suracle? I have no insight into who core zfs

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Mertol Özyöney
-Original Message- From: zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org [mailto:zfs-discuss-boun...@opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Peter Tribble Sent: Monday, February 22, 2010 1:40 PM To: Eugen Leitl Cc: zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org Subject: Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Jacob Ritorto
On 02/22/10 09:19, Henrik Johansen wrote: On 02/22/10 02:33 PM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 06:12, Henrik Johansen wrote: Well - once thing that makes me feel a bit uncomfortable is the fact that you no longer can buy OpenSolaris Support subscriptions. Almost every trace of it has

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Al Slater
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/02/2010 14:35, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 09:19, Henrik Johansen wrote: On 02/22/10 02:33 PM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 06:12, Henrik Johansen wrote: Well - once thing that makes me feel a bit uncomfortable is the fact that you

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Henrik Johansen
On 02/22/10 03:35 PM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 09:19, Henrik Johansen wrote: On 02/22/10 02:33 PM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 06:12, Henrik Johansen wrote: Well - once thing that makes me feel a bit uncomfortable is the fact that you no longer can buy OpenSolaris Support

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Jacob Ritorto
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Henrik Johansen hen...@scannet.dk wrote: On 02/22/10 03:35 PM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 09:19, Henrik Johansen wrote: On 02/22/10 02:33 PM, Jacob Ritorto wrote: On 02/22/10 06:12, Henrik Johansen wrote: Well - once thing that makes me feel a bit

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread John Raugust
Oracle is reviewing the Sun product roadmap and will provide guidance to customers in accordance with Oracle's standard product communication policies. Any resulting features and timing of release of such features as determined by Oracle's review of roadmaps, are at the sole discretion of

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread Erik Trimble
James C. McPherson wrote: On 22/02/10 09:40 PM, Peter Tribble wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Eugen Leitleu...@leitl.org wrote: Oracle's silence is starting to become a bit ominous. What are the future options for zfs, should OpenSolaris be left dead in the water by Suracle? I have

Re: [zfs-discuss] future of OpenSolaris

2010-02-22 Thread John Raugust
http://www.oracle.com/features/suncustomers.html link to Oracle Plans statement Personally I am not freaking I think the product is too good for Oracle to Flush the technology, who knows what the future holds. I do have the wait and see approach but until I see some drastic departure from