Comments on: Solaris 10 for free, or on Non-Sun hardware, is dead http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/07/solaris-10-for-free-or-on-non-sun-hardware-is-dead/ Thu, 16 May 2013 16:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mark http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/07/solaris-10-for-free-or-on-non-sun-hardware-is-dead/#comment-379 Mark Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:30:29 +0000 http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/?p=335#comment-379 I wish Oracle would just price Solaris on par with say Red Hat Linux. This may already be true with the Premium support but would be nice to offer a Basic/Standard price point too. I wish Oracle would just price Solaris on par with say Red Hat Linux. This may already be true with the Premium support but would be nice to offer a Basic/Standard price point too.

]]> By: Alasdair http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/07/solaris-10-for-free-or-on-non-sun-hardware-is-dead/#comment-376 Alasdair Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:45:55 +0000 http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/?p=335#comment-376 Hi HJ, I think you'll find at the time I wrote this article my facts were absolutely correct. In February Dan Roberts very much said what he said above, I did not make this up. What he said reflected Oracle's internal plans at the time. Please see: http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+ogb/OGB+Minutes+Feb+23+2010 Then in March, Oracle altered the license agreement to make Solaris 10 a 90 day trial. Please see: http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/solaris-10-no-longer-free-as-in-beer-now-a-90-day-trial.ars Then in June Oracle cancelled the HP OEM Agreement: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/18/oracle_spikes_hp_solaris/ Then in July IBM/Oracle ended their OEM Agreement (nobody knows which side took action): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/26/ibm_solaris10_x64_dead/ The Dell OEM agreement therefore looked tenuous at best. Thankfully Oracle realised this was insane/stupid, and have thankfully changed their tune. Which is great! But when I wrote this article, it was the truth as it was known. The fact is, Oracle have reversed their insane position. I will update the article when I get an opportunity. Regards, Alasdair Hi HJ,

I think you’ll find at the time I wrote this article my facts were absolutely correct.

In February Dan Roberts very much said what he said above, I did not make this up. What he said reflected Oracle’s internal plans at the time. Please see:

http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/Community+Group+ogb/OGB+Minutes+Feb+23+2010

Then in March, Oracle altered the license agreement to make Solaris 10 a 90 day trial. Please see:

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/solaris-10-no-longer-free-as-in-beer-now-a-90-day-trial.ars

Then in June Oracle cancelled the HP OEM Agreement:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/18/oracle_spikes_hp_solaris/

Then in July IBM/Oracle ended their OEM Agreement (nobody knows which side took action):

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/26/ibm_solaris10_x64_dead/

The Dell OEM agreement therefore looked tenuous at best.

Thankfully Oracle realised this was insane/stupid, and have thankfully changed their tune. Which is great! But when I wrote this article, it was the truth as it was known. The fact is, Oracle have reversed their insane position.

I will update the article when I get an opportunity.

Regards,

Alasdair

]]> By: HJ http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/07/solaris-10-for-free-or-on-non-sun-hardware-is-dead/#comment-374 HJ Thu, 05 Aug 2010 05:40:49 +0000 http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/?p=335#comment-374 Your facts are all wrong from the start, ALL the major x86 vendors have Oracle Solaris support offerings available. Any system on the HCL (Hardware Compatibility List) are eligible for support, be they from HP,Dell,IBM,Fujitsu .... Your facts are all wrong from the start, ALL the major x86 vendors have Oracle Solaris support offerings available. Any system on the HCL (Hardware Compatibility List) are eligible for support, be they from HP,Dell,IBM,Fujitsu ….

]]> By: fred http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/2010/07/solaris-10-for-free-or-on-non-sun-hardware-is-dead/#comment-349 fred Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:46:30 +0000 http://blogs.everycity.co.uk/alasdair/?p=335#comment-349 little bird tells me that the two parties are talking again and hp will very soon be offering solaris support deals little bird tells me that the two parties are talking again and hp will very soon be offering solaris support deals

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