You (Robert Milkowski) wrote:
>>
>>> Oracle has stated that going forward OpenSolaris will NOT have all packages
>>> from Solaris prime.
>>>
>> That's always been the case since the OpenSolaris distribution was created
>> over 2 years ago. Again, nothing new, unless you're referring to or know
>> something different.
>>
>>
>
> Oracle is doing "Welcome Sessions" and when I attended the London one
> couple of weeks ago they mentioned that not everything will be open source
> in Open Solaris. I don't know what exactly they mean by that but I guess
> they are referring to products like Fish Works which is based on Open
> Solaris but still it is not an open source product. We should except more
> products/appliances like this in the future I think. I would be very
> surprised (and disappointed) if Oracle would start closing main components
> of the OS. I doubt they will.
>
> --
> Robert Milkowski
> http://milek.blogspot.com
Highly true! Look at what Larry told about Solaris, and what he's wanting to
achieve with the Sun Acquistion. He needs Solaris for that. And OpenSolaris is
part of that!
Matthias
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