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List:       opensolaris-discuss
Subject:    Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana - what comes closest to it?
From:       ken mays <maybird1776 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2010-08-30 19:36:31
Message-ID: 856197.1388.qm () web111305 ! mail ! gq1 ! yahoo ! com
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1. Some source consolidations are still being updated.
2. Much of ON_147/148 is in the open.

Oracle mentioned they are providing a supported Solaris Express in place of the OSOL \
binaries of the past. The kernel sources are very recent to gain a 'like Solaris 11' \
experience today.

~ Ken


--- On Mon, 8/30/10, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:

> From: Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
> Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] Indiana - what comes closest to it?
> To: stefan.mueller-wilken@acando.de, opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org, \
>                 constantin.gonzalez@oracle.com
> Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 2:52 PM
> Constantin Gonzalez <constantin.gonzalez@oracle.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Nobody from Oracle said Solaris 11 won't be open
> source, so that should
> > satisfy all of your requirements above.
> > 
> > > What I definitely do not want is the Solaris
> kernel under the hood of a
> > > Linux distribution. *yuck*
> > 
> > No need for that.
> > 
> > Just give Oracle some more time to explain
> themselves.
> 
> The OGB did give Oracle nearly 5 months to explain
> themselves, nothing happened.
> 
> Since August 18th, there are no source updates anymore.
> Oracle would need to 
> make a big change to meet your hope.
> 
> Jörg



      
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