> Alan DuBoff wrote: > > Originally, before Solaris turned into OpenSolaris, > and when Sun was adding to > > the Companion CD, the idea some in the community > had was to build upon it so > > we didn't duplicate and add what was not there in > hopes that it would > > eventually move into the Companion CD through > community built software. > > The problem with that is since the Companion CD is > only updated with new > Solaris releases, you'ld be stuck with whatever the > latest version on a > companion CD is. For instance, Blastwave has > shipped many newer > versions of things found on the Companion CD for > Solaris 8 users since the > last Solaris 8 Companion CD was built several years > ago. Blastwave can also > roll out security fixes much faster than "Wait for > the next update release > cycle, if there is one."
Exactly. also there is no source code for us to customize the software to our need. This why my workplace use opensource from TWW Inc. (http://www.thewrittenword.com) instead of ones in Companion CD. The compilation and seurity patches are handled by the paid service from TWW inc. blastware is ok but a paid support contract bring better response time of support. tj > -- > -Alan Coopersmith- > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System > em Engineering > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
