[rescue] Sun announces DST patch availablity...

Bill Bradford mrbill at mrbill.net
Tue Jan 30 00:24:32 CST 2007


On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 09:59:42PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> I support two systems running Solaris 2.6.  These systems cannot be
> upgraded to Solaris 7 or later.  They cannot be easily replaced by
> newer systems.  I resent Sun attempting to use the stupidity of our
> government (which is insulting enough) as a form of punishment.
> Almost certainly there exist installations where the number of systems
> stuck at Solaris 2.6 or 7 are far greater than two.

Solaris 2.6 is also nearing ten years old; I can see WHY they're charging
for this, but it should be something like $50 or $100, not $400.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas



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