Hi, Well OpenSolaris 2009.06 has production "pay-for" support. I would be surprised if there isn't an upgrade path to Solaris 11 Express which I think Oracle will also provide support for. So for production environments, it's still an option.. a bleeding edge option. The major issue I see right now is that even with the other OpenSolaris based distros and Illumos, there is still the issue of getting fixes or updates in a production setting.
At the end of the day, companies that use Linux in production pay Red Hat and Novell for support and it's not all that different from paying a support contract with Sun Oracle. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Octave J. Orgeron Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com E-Mail: unixcons...@yahoo.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* ----- Original Message ---- From: Dmitry G. Kozhinov <d...@desktopfay.com> To: opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org Sent: Sat, October 2, 2010 11:37:03 AM Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Solaris 11 Express > So to all ... thinking they have to switch to Linux ... You can still have > your >Solaris for free What about those who are using OpenSolaris for a production server? I think running OS 2009.06 is an option, at least while it does not need any serious security patches (not counting OpenIndiana yet, and *not* considering switching to Linux). -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
