Cedric Blancher <[email protected]> wrote:
>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/182180/22221505-0eb69a27 >Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; >Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- 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
