Hi Constantin, is there any channel you don't monitor these days? When do you actually sleep? :-)
>> now that OpenSolaris as a distribution is dead, it might be getting time to >> move on. Question: which one of the distributions based on the Solaris >> kernel comes closest to Indiana, i.e. contains as much as legally possible >> from the 'official' Solaris world while still being open source? I mean, >> ZFS, zones, Xvm/Xen, IPS, self healing, automated installation, you name >> it. > > That's Solaris 11. As John Fowler said, it will become available later this > year as a preview release. Well, at least with Xvm/Xen, that could be difficult facing the fact that Oracle has dropped that in favor of OVM, no? And xVM might be only programmatic for what most people fear: decisions that are purely led by economical aspects and not by technological concerns. What comes next? Restrict the number of cores or amount of addressable memory on the community edition? [...] > Nobody from Oracle said Solaris 11 won't be open source, so that should > satisfy all of your requirements above. Well, you have to admit that Oracle's licensing scheme in other parts of the empire tends to be somewhat restrictive wrt. to under what circumstances you're eligible to use the software. That's what I like about OSOL - no risk whatsoever to run into underlicensing situations etc.. Can you guarantee that for SX(I)CE? >> What I definitely do not want is the Solaris kernel under the hood of a >> Linux distribution. *yuck* > > No need for that. > > Just give Oracle some more time to explain themselves. You're right in that it might be fair not to express doubts but to wait for the facts. But at least in this case, Oracle is not particularly good at increasing my patience ;-) Cheers Stefan. Acando GmbH Geschäftsführer: Michael Mörchen Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 76048 Ust.Ident-Nr.:DE208833022 Haftungsausschluss: Diese Nachricht ist ausschließlich für die Person oder Einheit bestimmt, an die sie gerichtet ist. Sie enthält unter Umständen Informationen, die unter geltendem Recht vertraulich, gesetzlich geschützt oder von der Offenlegung ausgeschlossen sind. Falls Sie nicht der vorgesehene Empfänger oder verantwortlich für die Weiterleitung dieser Nachricht an den vorgesehenen Empfänger sind, ist es Ihnen strengstens untersagt, diese Nachricht offenzulegen, zu verteilen, zu kopieren oder in irgendeiner Art zu benutzen. Sollten Sie diese Nachricht versehentlich erhalten haben, benachrichtigen Sie bitte den Absender und löschen und vernichten Sie jegliche Kopie davon, die Sie möglicherweise erhalten haben. Disclaimer: This message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information which is privileged, confidential, proprietary, or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, distributing, copying, or in any way using this message. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender and destroy and delete any copies you may have received. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
