From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 22:49:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0568106564A for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:49:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from johnj@external.umass.edu) Received: from blueman.umassp.edu (blueman.umassp.edu [69.16.110.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B111B8FC08 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:49:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from blueman.umassp.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by blueman.umassp.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.3) with ESMTP id p0PMWrTX022519 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:32:53 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (johnj@localhost) by blueman.umassp.edu (8.13.3+Sun/8.13.7/Submit) with ESMTP id p0PMWqCf022515 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:32:53 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: blueman.umassp.edu: johnj owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 17:32:52 -0500 (EST) From: John Jackson X-X-Sender: johnj@blueman To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Bailing on Solaris? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: johnj@external.umass.edu List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:49:58 -0000 Sooo, how many other people have come here lately because they are ready to bail on Solaris? Ooops, I mean Oracle??? :( >From what I can see so far, it looks like FreeBSD has solid and still healthy support for Sparc platforms? I'm trying to decide where to jump to, since Oracle seems like it's accellerating toward death for Solaris as I've come to gladly know it over the last 5 years or so. Does anyone want to email me their opinion on using FreeBSD on Sun hardware? I've got 4 Sunfire 280R's that I've been planning on putting into service for the next 5 years or so.. -John