Laurent Blume <laur...@opencsw.org> writes: > On 06/08/13 11:03, Peter FELECAN wrote: > >> This reasonable and doable, However, from my standpoint, it is outside >> the scope of OpenCSW. >> >> BTW, can somebody explain what hinders the adoption of Solaris 10 in a >> private or an enterprise environment after 8 years of availability. > > Don't ask /me/, I have nfc. But it's a fact.
A fact is part of a causality chain. What's the cause of this effect? Is this not a myth, folklore, FUD, &c? >> The only case I know from direct experience is in a manufacturing unit >> where a multi million euro machine tool is controlled by a Solaris 2.5.1 >> running system and the supplier ask an equivalent amount to update the >> controller by replacing it with an unit running an old version of >> Microsoft Windows (what a deal). There is even worse, in a similar >> environment there is a SunOS 4.3 controller unit. Now, should we support >> all this? The only software stack that they are using is specific to >> that machine tool. They don't need the last shiny Python interpreter or >> a 64 bit Guile library. > > Well, if somebody wants to do it as a paid job, and OpenCSW can > provide an existing infrastructure that helps doing it, and OpenCSW > benefits for it, then why not? The point is that for such an infrastructure to exist it must be maintained, administrated, &c. So it costs, indirectly, energy from OpenCSW members. If someone wishes to take a contract job of this kind he should provide also the material par of it. >> What bothers me is that all this energy is wasted instead of spending it >> on other venues, such as Solaris 11 native support, documentation, web >> site, &c. > > The point is exactly that it should not be wasted. Paid-for work is > productive. It'd be wasted if it were done for free. The thing is > making sure that's it's worth it for OpenCSW. Per previous point, it's certainly not. Seriously, has any of the foundation's members a request of this kind? If someone propose me a contract of this kind I will gladly provide a quotation. -- Peter _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list maintainers@lists.opencsw.org https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
