> On 08/12/10 03:58 PM, andrew wrote: > >> > >> > >> --- 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. > > > I expect Oracle to give us more info during > OpenWorld. I am expecting > more to come regarding OpenSolaris, I don't think > they will call it > OpenSolaris. No! I don't have any inside knowledge, > just thinking out loud.
I don't expect to ever see binaries for the OpenSolaris distribution again. The most I think we can expect is a preview of Solaris 11 along the lines of the old "Solaris Express" programme. I hope I will be proved wrong though. Andrew. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
