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From: ryanlrussell on 23 Mar 2010 11:25
On Mar 22, 9:50 am, Martin Paul <m...(a)par.univie.ac.at> wrote:
> Tim Bradshaw wrote:
> > On 2010-03-12 18:31:42 +0000, Gary Mills said:
> >> After access to Solaris security patches was cut off for people
> >> without a support contract, I suggested on another forum that Oracle
> >> should offer a self-service support contract for Solaris.  For those
> >> willing to pay at least something, this would give them access to
> >> patches and support documents but not the ability to open support
> >> cases.  Is this a good idea?
>
> Definitely. This idea has come up every time Sun changed their support
> offerings (ie. made them more expensive), and it always found many
> followers.
>
> > That's a Solaris subscription.
>
> I think this does (or did) include the ability to open support cases. As
> of now,http://www.sun.com/service/subscriptions/index.jspis redirected
> tohttp://www.oracle.com/us/support/systems/operating-systems/index.html
> and this page lists "24/7 technical support" as one of the leverages.
>
> BTW, the Solaris subscription I have allowed me to download patches for
> Solaris 9 and 10 until a week ago. It seems as if the list of
> entitlements has been reduced without any further notice, and I'm not
> allowed to access Solaris 9 patches anymore. With the always changing
> content onwww.sun.com/www.oracle.comI can't even find out if it's
> supposed to be like that or if it's a mistake.
>
> mp.
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> SysAdmin | Institute of Scientific Computing, University of Vienna
>       PCA | Analyze, download and install patches for Solaris
>           |http://www.par.univie.ac.at/solaris/pca/

They have acknowledged that it was a mistake now:
http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunSolve/How+Entitlement+Works?focusedCommentId=199106033#comment-199106033
From: Martin Paul on 26 Mar 2010 04:58
ryanlrussell wrote:
> On Mar 22, 9:50 am, Martin Paul <m...(a)par.univie.ac.at> wrote:
>> BTW, the Solaris subscription I have allowed me to download patches for
>> Solaris 9 and 10 until a week ago. It seems as if the list of
>> entitlements has been reduced without any further notice, and I'm not
>> allowed to access Solaris 9 patches anymore. With the always changing
>> content onwww.sun.com/www.oracle.comI can't even find out if it's
>> supposed to be like that or if it's a mistake.
>
> They have acknowledged that it was a mistake now:
> http://wikis.sun.com/display/SunSolve/How+Entitlement+Works?focusedCommentId=199106033#comment-199106033

Works again, right now. From http://twitter.com/SunSolve:

Good News - Solaris 9 Patches, the issue has been resolve via a work
around. Your account might not show access but you will have access.

mp.
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