Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:58:41 -0500 From: Super Bisquit <superbisquit@gmail.com> To: Joshua Pincus <joshua.pincus@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RE: Bailing on Solaris? Message-ID: <AANLkTinryWnwHCE%2B2=GShdf4YnerRSYxBbWy7i4r3s2g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimOpo7ZBxLRu0GBKb25EK8JvpzA7q7EQh9aD%2B3V@mail.gmail.com> References: <mailman.0.1295994058.43055.freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> <Pine.SOC.4.64.1101251726530.11805@blueman> <013601cbbce4$5a103c90$0e30b5b0$@net> <AANLkTimOpo7ZBxLRu0GBKb25EK8JvpzA7q7EQh9aD%2B3V@mail.gmail.com>
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FreeBSD and OpenBSD both work for me. I'll have to go back and try Xorg on FreeBSD again using another card. I tried the recent Oracle Solaris. Not much to say. If you don't have exact or specific hardware- that means from the factory- you're screwed. The other option is OpenSPARC and that means time and money that most people don't have. I didn't come to this list because I had a SB1000. I used FreeBSD on amd64, then i386, then on PowerPC, then on SPARC. I did the same with OpenBSD. On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Joshua Pincus <joshua.pincus@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi, > > I agree with your assessment about patches. That act by oracle was > scandalous. > > >From an innovation and quality perspective, I do not see any let up now > that > oracle has taken over. > > JP > > On Jan 25, 2011 3:32 PM, "Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@netbasix.net> wrote: > > I'm getting ready to, that's for sure. I can't believe they won't sell a > > software subscription for patches like spectrum support. A loss of income > > for them, a worry for me. > > > > I've been watching this list for a while. Not long enough to make a > > decision. Back to lurking. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > >> sparc64@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of John Jackson > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:33 PM > >> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org > >> Subject: Bailing on Solaris? > >> > >> 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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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" > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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" > _______________________________________________ > 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" >
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