I realize that OpenSolaris isn't *entirely* separate from Solaris, but if Sun intended to have the next release of Solaris based on OpenSolaris, then millions will have to be spent to get it to that point, and many years.
The better option would have been to have the next release built on SXCE. Now, I am aware that SXCE was built on OpenSolaris, but it was more ready for the enterprise because it had the installer, zones, packaging, etc., already there. The Sparc text installer for OpenSolaris was only released yesterday. There can't be any denial that OpenSolaris was targeted for a desktop user. Network Auto Magic? That doesn't yell enterprise, but rather joe schmoe sitting at home. OpenSolaris Sparc wasn't available for the longest time. AI isn't near ready for the enterprise so how many years before OpenSolaris can be ready. How is OpenSolaris going to run on M-Series servers? That I'd like to see. Sun spent $500 million on Solaris 10. Is Oracle going to spend that much on OpenSolaris to get it ready for the enterprise? I doubt it. Take the good parts from SXCE and merge them into Solaris 10 and create SolarisNextGen or something. BTW, I do run OpenSolaris and have since 2008.05 and will install dev preview 131 soon. But please, OpenSolaris isn't ready to be installed on T- and M-Series servers in a 2000 server data center. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
