> No, I think it is wrong to make such an observation.
> Sun has open sourced solaris, but it assumes a broad
> responsibility over open solaris, it does everything
> it can to further the cause of open solaris, Why
> would it host open solaris as an integral part of Sun
> Tech Days or Java One ? It is doing more than just
> lifting a finer. Sun mothers open solaris, however
> open solaris might appear in conflict with the
> revenue driven Solaris.

What ever Sun does, they do it completely voluntarily, just like everybody else 
here.

I firmly believe that it is truly unjust to expect that just because Sun has 
done so much to further the cause of OpenSolaris, Sun must be made to bear the 
brunt of OpenSolaris demands and expectations. Sun has done more than enough, 
they've given us a state of the art operating environment, with state of the 
art development tools costing thousands of USD, they help out with the hardware 
infrastructure and administrative work.

In reality, however, Sun is not obligated to do any of those things, they 
didn't have to do them and it was really, really nice of them to do so. Even if 
they had other motives, actions speak much louder than words, so it was still 
really, really nice of them to do so.

That, however, doesn't entitle anyone to expect Sun to do XYZ or to press 
demands on them.

If you want to press demands on Sun, buy a commercial support contract and go 
with Solaris 10. That's fair. You give something and you get something in 
return.
 
 
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