On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Gabriele Bulfon <[email protected]> wrote:
> The real concern is...in the short or long period, how much support for > Solaris kernels can we expect from third parties such VMware? > They may completely remove the "Oracle Solaris 11 64bit" from the list of > supported VMs. > This may happen elsewhere, as happened recently at MongoDB. > This may hurt the illumos ecosystem in the short/long term. > The solution here is quite simple. Make sure that the suppliers of software that you need are aware that there is demand from Solaris/illumos users. For commercial products, this involves using the product and paying for it. You can't expect vendors to spend hard cash supporting a platform that doesn't generate revenue. For open source projects, get involved. Engage with the project, submit bug reports, feedback, fixes, and generally be visible. Generally, many projects want to be as widely adopted as possible, and welcome engagement from as wide a user base as possible. For most projects out there, any offer of help will be welcomed with open arms. If we all just picked one or two of our favourite projects and dived in, that would help greatly. -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
