[OpenIndiana-discuss] Some questions about OpenIndiana

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 12/30/10 04:32 PM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> I looked at Solaris Express 11, but one thing in the FAQ worries me
> related to not having access to bug fixes or updates unless I have a
> contract support with Oracle; is this actually the case?

Or unless you wait until the next release.   This is like the
OpenSolaris /release repositories were - updated with new releases only
once or twice a year.   The support repository is also following the
same model as OpenSolaris did - if you want just bug fixes and not following
the bleeding edge of development, you buy a support contract to access it.
The big difference is in access to the /dev repository - for OpenSolaris
that was freely available to anyone - you'd get bug fixes mixed in with new
features, and some builds were more stable than others, but that's what you
got for free.   That's not generally available for Solaris 11 Express,
leaving most people with just the choices of release or support.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-        alan.coopersmith at oracle.com
	 Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System