+------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | On 2010-09-14 09:52:20, Eric Andersen wrote: | | I can only speak for myself, but I could really care less about having access to the source code. I am actually pretty stoked that Oracle seems like they are going to continue allowing me to use their OS for free. Details still seem to be pretty scant, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. | | I actually paid money for my Windows 7 and Mac OS X licenses, and neither of those comes with the source code. A binary only distribution will suit my personal needs just fine.
For those of us using Solaris in production, having access to the source code, coupled with DTrace, has made our lives much, much easier. Punching down into weird problems becomes possible without a lot of blood and cargo culting. It's nice that you're happy using Solaris for free (I pay for my support contracts), but having such an incredibly useful resource for Getting Work Done pulled or just hamstrung, is pretty painful. I say hamstrung as source drops will still occur after releases, in theory; previously dropped source should, hopefully, continue to be accessible. And for my Enterprisey customers, that will almost certainly be good enough. There are also several large orangizations who require bleeding edge in their production. Having access to the latest source for not only finding and reporting problems, but submitting patches back upstream, was really helpful. I also paid my OS X licenses, both at home and at work. But I'm not using OS X for anything one might consider five nines, whereas Solaris... And, if you aren't aware of it: http://www.opensource.apple.com/ Cheers. -- bdha cyberpunk is dead. long live cyberpunk. _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
