> > > --- On Wed, 8/11/10, Alan Coopersmith > <alan.coopersm...@oracle.com> wrote: > > >> Edward Ned Harvey wrote: > > >>> #3 It does not make sense to discontinue > > development of opensolaris. > > >> Some > > >>> day they'll have to make a solaris 12, you > > know. But they're > > >> diverting > > >>> development away from opensolaris right now, > > to make *damn* sure they > > >>> release solaris 11 this year. > > >> My calender still says 2010, not 2011, or did > you > > miss that part of the > > >> webcast? > > > > > > Not sure what you're talking about. I never > > suggested solaris 11 would be delayed into 2011. > > > > John Fowler clearly stated during the webcast that > Solaris > > 11 was scheduled > > to ship in 2011. This was repeated in all the > > articles I've seen, including > > some you mentioned in your other > > posts. You are the only one imagining a > > 2010 ship date for it. Even the 140 > > character summary from Oracle marketing > > was clear about that: > > > > http://twitter.com/Oracle/status/20806524667 > > > > -- > > -Alan Coopersmith- > > Major chalkboard points noted: > > 1. Dropping AMD servers for Intel-based servers. > 2. Upscaling SPARC server roadmap to 128 cores and > 64TB of memory by Y2015. > 3. Solaris 11 will ship next year - Y2011.
Most likely the 2nd half of 2011. With any luck you will be able to download and use it for free as well, although admittedly it will most likely demand some sort of payment to Oracle to use it in a production environment. But then, that never did Windows any harm did it? You may now begin the flaming! ;-) Cheers Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
