From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 23:18:50 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 D8848106566B for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:18:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from joshua.pincus@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BD088FC0A for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:18:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so378687fxm.13 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:18:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=VfDjMjOm0q7c+ctSgolcP8gBxaaOiSwGc3iGKOwt6AA=; b=anpC9HKyvcNZ1imqnkhC+AhkzuKFyFseTlsnB2ICVcCy1b3mi5vfUSDUPBMpjiJDIJ JpN0wpFN4JSG7xrlaR230iwXDYR67f/+pNmgjsP6rvCTsm7+0ZCJb+Ku39sVNMKzxyzT aUJr9qRbPlYdRmTTY6g37w6kqMCxbNRDz+pQU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MLX5qntTadha+UQBr+CBH5GONBIibCUw266iHFYZQVnV1xEJ+ABAPEXybtnLE31GXi wsDxlp5X6qnOcImivPYT3i/92NAT2EhwEmteG4iv/zLJgWDZsmp8vYKZbvmcx2BND1x4 42QCApofm8RS8ZCgBUamNlcXNgas26oI5DPKE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.114.209 with SMTP id f17mr6391408faq.136.1295996130117; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:55:30 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.70.132 with HTTP; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:55:30 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:55:30 -0800 Message-ID: From: Joshua Pincus To: johnj@external.umass.edu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bailing on Solaris? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list 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 23:18:50 -0000 HI, Why do you think that Oracle is "accelerating toward death for Solaris"? JP On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:32 PM, John Jackson wr= ote: > Sooo, how many other people have come here lately because they are ready = to > bail on Solaris? =C2=A0Ooops, I mean Oracle??? :( > >> From what I can see so far, it looks like FreeBSD has solid and still > > healthy support for Sparc platforms? =C2=A0I'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. =C2=A0Does anyone wan= t to > email me their opinion on using FreeBSD on Sun hardware? =C2=A0I've got 4= Sunfire > 280R's that I've been planning on putting into service for the next 5 yea= rs > or so.. > > -John > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " >