Alexander wrote:
Alexander wrote:
OpenSolaris
...
4) - No binary updates for stable systems
http://www.opensolaris.com/learn/subscriptions/
Yes, I was inaccurate. I meant:
- No free binary updates for stable systems
It's quite strange. Looks like: hey, guys, test it, find bugs, fix it, we won't
give you these fixes, but you may buy it...
Open source is a very profitable thing :)
I have no idea what Sun's plans are, but ...
Keep in mind that Sun bears the cost of testing and publishing them,
provides indemnity, code review, legal review, bandwidth, support staff,
etc.
In the very near future, it will be easier for community members to
provide their own pkg(5) repository with updated binaries if they want
to bear those costs. Although there are a few community members that
have chosen to do this already for the ON consolidation.
The source code is also available, so Sun is not denying you the fixes,
they're just not providing free binaries to everyone.
Updates are a form of support, and support costs.
Cheers,
--
Shawn Walker
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