[geeks] fwd: OpenSolaris is Dead. Long Live Solaris 11 Express

[hike]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:53 AM, Brian Dunbar <brian.dunbar at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:04 PM, Geoffrey Reed <geoffr at zipcon.net> wrote:
> > On 8/17/10 9:31 AM, "Brian Dunbar" <brian.dunbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us
> >
> >> wrote:
> >> <snip>
> >>> i hadn't gotten around to learning the ins-and-outs of s10, and now i'm
> >>> starting to think why bother...
> >>
> >> Continued employment?
> >>
> >> Solaris at $work isn't going away real soon - it's gonna be around for
> >> a long while.
> >
> >
> > I work at one of the largest unix shops in the industry we are in (sorry,
> > can't get more specific)  I can tell you with Oracle and their latest
> > support cost restructuring, it looks like it will no longer cost
> effective
> > to continue using solaris on sparc.
> >
> > Our support costs are currently going up enough that with the service
> > contracts on software and hardware we could replace up to 25 or 30% of
> our
> > hardware with brand new each year if we weren't carrying support
> contracts
> > beyond the 1-year that is purchased with the hardware.
> >
>
> Hunh - I have not been paying attention to that side of things.
>
> What could be the reason for Oracle to drive users away from solaris on
> sparc?
>
>
>
> --
> Brian Dunbar
> Geidus
>
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Oracle wants to make money.  This is the way Oracle does business.  The MSRP
for a license to run the database, "Oracle" used to be $40K per core per
year.  Businesses pay this amount without thinking--Oracle does not really
have any competitors.