On 14 May 2012 03:10, Darren Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13/05/2012 2:34 AM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: >> On Sat, 12 May 2012, Darren Reed wrote: >>> >>> You know, with a web page like that, Oracle would be clear favourite >>> for the first to be voted off the island of open source. >> >> You don't appreciate the open source mystery blast? At least they broke the >> mystery blast of Solaris 11 open source into two blasts (1.6GB and 1.1GB zip >> files). > > Ah, I missed that there was actually a link that provides source code. The > part about written offer distracted me. > >> I don't recommend doing the download via your cell phone, particularly if >> your service plan has a monthly download limit. > > In some countries, having a monthly download limit is common for all internet > access plans, be they wireless or terrestrial. > >> Oracle is just following Red Hat's lead. Red Hat now provides its patches >> to the standard Linux kernel as one huge patch. These two companies feed >> from each other. > > It's a pity that they're not competing to provide the best service in this > area.
You're both not getting it: Oracle and Red hat compete for the most profitable service. Profitable does not mean: Good engineering, good/best (customer) service or 'bound to the rules of open source'. Often it's not even intersecting with one of these items in the list, it's more about what customers are willing to pay for promises from marketing. That's how at least Oracle makes business and why Sun failed: Sun had solid, conservative engineering and didn't make wild promises which engineering couldn't fulfil. Oracle does it the opposite way. Ced -- Cedric Blancher <[email protected]> Institute Pasteur ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
