[geeks] fwd: Re: [rescue] Oracle Solaris may not be "free as in beer" going forward

[Sandwich Maker]

" Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:45:34 +0200
" From: Andrew Gaylard <ag at computer.org>
" To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
" 
" On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
" > Story here: http://www.katonda.com/news/solaries-no-more-free-open-solaris-may-die/936/2010
" >
" > Open Solaris is being drained of resources, Oracle Solaris will have a
" > 90 day free trial, then you will have to pay for the OS (similar to
" > what MS does with Win 7/Server 2008). Future enhancements may be
" > retained for "paying" customers, akin to how some MySQL developments
" > are witheld from the free software base.
" >
" > Figured folks here would be interested, I haven't seen any posts on
" > this (yet), so I thought I'd share...
" 
" Yeah, this has been brewing for a while now.  See
" 
" http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-March/054978.html
" 
" for some angry responses.  For a more balanced view, see
" 
" http://www.c0t0d0s0.org/archives/6453-A-tempest-in-a-teapot-or-The-reactions-to-the-Oracle-support-policy-document.html
" 
" My own opinions are:
" 
" (a) Sun needs to make money from licenses and support;
" (b) hobbyists like us are valuable contributors, in terms of
"     - testing,
"     - bug-reports, and
"     - convincing their friends and employers to use Sun HW and Solaris.
" 
" So Oracle needs to find a way to achieve the former without alienating
" the latter.  I hope they think this through more carefully.
" 
" 
" - Andrew
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