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

[Brian Dunbar]

On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 1:11 AM, hike <mh1272 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>
>
> 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.


We pay the cost for Oracle, but we do think about it.  There simply is
not an alternative to Oracle DB for our needs.

But there are alternatives to Solaris.

Crumbs - time to learn something new after all.


--
Brian Dunbar
Geidus

"Display some adaptability"