On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:27 AM PDT, I wrote: > If you're talking about Solaris then > yes, their new model appears to be a decision between whole system > support (hardware and software) or operating system support.
I should clarify; there are actually three distinct forms of support: 1. OS only support for non Oracle hardware running Solaris x86 2. OS only support for Oracle/Sun hardware running Solaris x86/SPARC 3. full system support for Oracle/Sun hardware and OS > Everything else has thus far been unrestricted as that's how OpenIndiana > has been able to build their distribution in much the same way CentOS > and Oracle have been able to build theirs. It's probably obvious from context but I meant to say that's how CentOS and Oracle build their Linux distributions from Red Hat's source packages. In my experience the value add in choosing Unbreakable Linux over the completely free CentOS is that Oracle has a history of releasing updates much sooner -- especially in full dot releases e.g. 5.0 - 5.5, etc. -Gary _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
