Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-06 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss
http://www.zdnet.com/article/sun-set-oracle-closes-down-last-sun-product-lines/ or Why Oracle has ruined everything even Iron Man! A.S. --Apostolos Syropoulos Xanthi, Greece ___ openindiana-discuss mailing list

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-06 Thread Tomasz Kłoczko
BTW all recent Solaris issues. Will try to share some of my observations. Biggest problem of the Solaris under Oracle control is on area which one one spotted up to now. Current way of providing Solaris a a product completely cuts off any education effort to learn anything about Solaris. This not

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-06 Thread Peter Tribble
On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > The real concern is...in the short or long period, how much support for > Solaris kernels can we expect from third parties such VMware? > They may completely remove the "Oracle Solaris 11 64bit" from the list of >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-06 Thread John D Groenveld
In message <59070299.2462359.1504549115...@mail.yahoo.com>, Apostolos Syropoulo s via openindiana-discuss writes: >My question was very simple and I got a simple answer. Now, Illumos is not Sol You asked an off-topic question about the fate of low-volume, high-margin Oracle Solaris. Other

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-06 Thread Nikola M
On 09/ 5/17 01:37 PM, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: On 05/09/2017 12:45, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: The real concern is...in the short or long period, how much support for Solaris kernels can we expect from third parties such VMware? They may completely remove the "Oracle Solaris 11 64bit" from the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Kai Windle
On 5 September 2017 at 12:37, Udo Grabowski (IMK) wrote: > On 05/09/2017 12:45, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: > >> The real concern is...in the short or long period, how much support for >> Solaris kernels can we expect from third parties such VMware? >> They may completely

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss
>So we need a klx (kernel-lx) project to run linux drivers? ;) > >Do vendors support BSDs well?... This is a good remark. The problem is that we need people to contribute.For example, if you have students ask them to do things for the OS as partof some project. A.S. --

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Alan Coopersmith
On 09/ 4/17 02:11 PM, Nikola M wrote: On 09/ 4/17 08:18 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: I would expect exactly that, to be able to run it on compatible but newer hardware, and at least on Oracle hardware, but yes, you are right - over time new hardware requires new support, drivers etc.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Jim Klimov
lfon.com >Quantum Mechanics : >http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gabrielebulfon >-- >Da: Udo Grabowski (IMK) >A: Discussion list for OpenIndiana >Data: 5 settembre 2017 13.37.41 CEST >Oggetto: Re: [OpenIndiana-d

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
-- Da: Udo Grabowski (IMK) A: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Data: 5 settembre 2017 13.37.41 CEST Oggetto: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034? On 05/09/2017 12:45, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: The real concern is...in the short or long period

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 05/09/2017 12:45, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: The real concern is...in the short or long period, how much support for Solaris kernels can we expect from third parties such VMware? They may completely remove the "Oracle Solaris 11 64bit" from the list of supported VMs. This may happen elsewhere,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-05 Thread Gabriele Bulfon
: Nikola M A: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Data: 4 settembre 2017 23.11.48 CEST Oggetto: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034? On 09/ 4/17 08:18 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: My question was very simple and I got a simple answer. Now, Illumos is n

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-04 Thread Nikola M
On 09/ 4/17 08:18 PM, Apostolos Syropoulos wrote: My question was very simple and I got a simple answer. Now, Illumos is not Solaris. It is a Solaris clone. It is other way around if you ask me. Opensolaris gave birth to illumos, from the same exact source code as Solaris Express and then

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-04 Thread Apostolos Syropoulos via openindiana-discuss
My question was very simple and I got a simple answer. Now, Illumos is not Solaris. It is a Solaris clone. Personally, I prefer Illumos over Solaris but they are not the same thing.  That Solaris is supported until 2034 does not mean that it will be able to runon hardware that will be available

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] So is Solaris officially supported till 2034?

2017-09-04 Thread Nikola M
Oracle Solaris "is not dead", as a supported product, at least, Since it is officially supported up to year 2034. https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris11life/long-live-solaris-11-until-at-least-2034-to-be-exact http://www.oracle.com/us/support/library/lifetime-support-hardware-301321.pdf I think