> On 22/04/2010 11:11, Svein Skogen wrote: > > On 22.04.2010 02:27, Alan Hargreaves wrote: > >> You miss the point. This is a discussion list > about OpenSolaris. Not > >> about a Microsoft Office Plugins. Not about > Solaris. Not about Solaris > >> patches. The only reason to post this stuff (even > without comment) would > >> be to sow FUD or dissention. > > > > Or to make people aware of a quite disturbing > pattern. > > The only pattern I can see so far is that Oracle are > starting to charge > for some things that sufficient people are willing to > pay for (which is > something that Sun wasn't very good at), whilst > keeping some other > things available for free. > > Cheeri, > Calum.
Surely "sufficient people" exist that would pay for low-end support (sunsolve+patches only, or sunsolve+access to a repo with bug fixes, for OpenSolaris) that otherwise might simply do without, or go elsewhere. Staying profitable is important. But just because big customers can afford to drop big bucks, doesn't mean that small customers (home users, home businesses, students, etc) might not also be willing to spend what they reasonably can for a relatively modest (little direct consumption of man-hours) level of support. I just don't see the profit in not taking the little guys' money too; surely it adds up... -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
