[OpenIndiana-discuss] 2031 is near

[John D Groenveld]

In message <alpine.GSO.2.20.1701281242350.20485 at freddy.simplesystems.org>, Bob 
Friesenhahn writes:
>Oracle determines who is allowed to run Solaris based on who they 
>allow to purchase a support contract.  Once your hardware is no longer 
>eligible for a support contract then it may no longer be legal to 
>install Solaris on it, even if Solaris is being re-installed due to a 
>disk failure.

Agreed, but so what?

If you're an Oracle customer in 2017 you know Larry Ellison prefers
you over a barrel and you're comfortable with being in that low-volume,
high-margin position.
OI and illumos has long ago absorbed those Solaris users who aren't
comfortable with that relationship.
I've seen very few OI or illumos RFEs in this thread to enable the
few if any remaining members of the Solaris ecosystem to escape
Ellison's grasp if only...

John
groenveld at acm.org