[OpenIndiana-discuss] Solaris 11 is out - so?

[Richard L. Hamilton]

On Nov 11, 2011, at 11:55 AM, James Carlson wrote:

> Edward Martinez wrote:
>> On 11/11/11 06:48, James Carlson wrote:
>>> But sources were indeed promised at some unspecified date after the
>>> binary release.  Hope they carry through.
>>> 
>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/opensolaris-discuss/2010-August/059310.html
>>> 
>>> 
>>      Some solaris 11 code were published  and it appears some of the 
>> files are  CDDL licensed . I guess this  is the only CDDL  source  will
>> get. well,  maybe  for now.
>> 
>>       http://oss.oracle.com/systems-opensourcecode/#oracle-solaris
> 
> I looked those files over carefully, and that appears to be just the
> "must be distributed" third-party stuff, such as GPL'd components, and
> few user-level example bits.  That's not at all what was referenced in
> the link I provided above.

Yes, I saw that too (although I didn't look as closely, just looked
for kernel code).

I saw a page for what I can play with soonest, how to quickly install
as a VirtualBox guest.  But the page it linked to

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/solaris11/downloads/index.html

did not appear to include a pre-installed VM among the downloads,
although it was implied to be there.

While I assume that means a regular install might work, it would be
much quicker to check things out if the pre-installed VM (with suitable
settings, so one needn't guess) was available.  Once again, this suggests
to me a disinterest in anything other than official channels, Fortune 100
clients, etc.  Never mind that people working at large clients might want
to familiarize themselves on their own time…