On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:10:05 -0800 Michael Schuster <Michael.Schuster at Sun.COM> wrote:
> Michael Schuster wrote: > > dick hoogendijk wrote: > >> On Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:06:15 -0500 > >> Kyle McDonald <KMcDonald at egenera.com> wrote: > >> > >>> That said, I can see how frustrating it would be to actually > >>> stumble onto one of those problems, and not be able to get the > >>> patch (until it has been field tested more and actually makes > >>> it's way into the recommended cluster) at all. > >> You're right about you Microsoft story I guess. I can't be sure to > >> get all patches (although they like me to believe I do;-) > >> > >> But I would pay for a patch-only contract though in cases as > >> mentioned above. The way it is now, all you get are the security > >> patches (and -SOME- recommended ones, mostly because they are deps > >> in a way). I feel patches should be available to an Operating > >> System. Even if the OS itself is free. But to a reasonable price. > >> > >> Just my 2 ?t > > > > this is a business issue - and a Solaris 10 one, at that. I'm not > > arguing about the validity of your claim, but I'm fairly certain > > there are better places to address this to than here ;-) (and, even > > if I work for Sun, I can't tell you what they are without some > > research. I'd start with www.sun.com ...) > > I think this is where you should be able to find some contact: > http://www.sun.com/service/serviceplans/index.jsp Thank you. I will address the issue there. Without much hope, to be honest. But you never know. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: 01D2433D + http://nagual.nl/ | SunOS sxce snv101 ++ + All that's really worth doing is what we do for others (Lewis Carrol)
