Comments on: The state of OpenSolaris http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2010/07/14/the-state-of-opensolaris/ Blog O' Matty Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:31:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: Felipe Alfaro Solana http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2010/07/14/the-state-of-opensolaris/comment-page-1/#comment-829457 Felipe Alfaro Solana Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:38:35 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=3749#comment-829457 I also was to used kind of a (Open)Solaris fanboy but I'm pretty disappointed. Not with the community itself, which I think it's great, but with the development pace of OpenSolaris. And after the Oracle acquisition, it seems like the development pace slowed down from already slow to frozen. It's a pity, as ZFS and DTrace are the reasons why I keep using Solaris at home. I also was to used kind of a (Open)Solaris fanboy but I’m pretty disappointed. Not with the community itself, which I think it’s great, but with the development pace of OpenSolaris. And after the Oracle acquisition, it seems like the development pace slowed down from already slow to frozen. It’s a pity, as ZFS and DTrace are the reasons why I keep using Solaris at home.

]]> By: dasmo http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2010/07/14/the-state-of-opensolaris/comment-page-1/#comment-829456 dasmo Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:24:57 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=3749#comment-829456 I can't even buy machines from Oracle anymore. We were buying about 40 machines every six months, which probably doesn't seem like much. We were buying the machines with support and are yet to use it though. I can’t even buy machines from Oracle anymore. We were buying about 40 machines every six months, which probably doesn’t seem like much. We were buying the machines with support and are yet to use it though.

]]> By: matty http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2010/07/14/the-state-of-opensolaris/comment-page-1/#comment-829448 matty Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:27:36 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=3749#comment-829448 Hey KFR, I feel your pains. I've pretty much given up on Solaris and OpenSolaris, and have moved on to Windows and Linux. Several years ago I was one of the biggest Solaris fan boys there was, but ended up giving up my Solaris roots after learning just how messed up the opensolaris community was. I wish Oracle the best of luck with whatever they decide to do with Solaris and OpenSolaris. I hope Solaris succeeds, and OpenSolaris is given back to the community. - Ryan Hey KFR,

I feel your pains. I’ve pretty much given up on Solaris and OpenSolaris, and have moved on to Windows and Linux. Several years ago I was one of the biggest Solaris fan boys there was, but ended up giving up my Solaris roots after learning just how messed up the opensolaris community was. I wish Oracle the best of luck with whatever they decide to do with Solaris and OpenSolaris. I hope Solaris succeeds, and OpenSolaris is given back to the community.

- Ryan

]]> By: KFR http://prefetch.net/blog/index.php/2010/07/14/the-state-of-opensolaris/comment-page-1/#comment-829445 KFR Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:36:55 +0000 http://prefetch.net/blog/?p=3749#comment-829445 It sounds like the Oracle merger went like this Fire all SUN (Senior) Managers. Take all the good SUN Software/Oracle and move it to Oracle. Take all the (good) engineers and move them to Oracle. Build new business flows inside of oracle for hardware and software sales/production. Muzzle the New Oracle employees. SUN was not efficient in the way that it sold/built hardware and software but it worked ok. Oracle basically said, this is garbage, we can build better. This left a huge vacuum. Examples of this that I have seen are: x4140's EOL'ed with no notification to channel and customers Education Institutions unable to purchase/renew SUN Ray Hardware and Software. OpenSolaris in a frozen state. Oracle says that SUN is contributing to the balance sheet but behind the scenes, the business processes are in complete pandemonium. I keep hoping that Oracle will fill the vacuum. At some point, we as a customer, we will need to move on to a different vendor for some of our hardware/software. It sounds like the Oracle merger went like this

Fire all SUN (Senior) Managers.
Take all the good SUN Software/Oracle and move it to Oracle.
Take all the (good) engineers and move them to Oracle.
Build new business flows inside of oracle for hardware and software sales/production.
Muzzle the New Oracle employees.

SUN was not efficient in the way that it sold/built hardware and software but it worked ok.

Oracle basically said, this is garbage, we can build better. This left a huge vacuum. Examples of this that I have seen are:
x4140′s EOL’ed with no notification to channel and customers
Education Institutions unable to purchase/renew SUN Ray Hardware and Software.
OpenSolaris in a frozen state.

Oracle says that SUN is contributing to the balance sheet but behind the scenes, the business processes are in complete pandemonium.

I keep hoping that Oracle will fill the vacuum. At some point, we as a customer, we will need to move on to a different vendor for some of our hardware/software.

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