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From: Chris Ridd on 22 Nov 2009 12:55
On 2009-11-22 17:39:05 +0000, YTC#1 said:

> solx wrote:
>> Michael Laajanen wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is shipping date for Solaris 11 set yet, and also what Nevada will it
>>> be based on the?
>>>
>>> /michael
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am expecting May 2010.
>
> Why ?

solx is female and pregnant? ;-)
--
Chris

From: Sami Ketola on 23 Nov 2009 01:55
Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is shipping date for Solaris 11 set yet, and also what Nevada will it be
> based on the?

Not even the net release name is not yet know thus no the release date yet.
Currently it's just Solaris.Next. Maybe it will be called Solaris 11 but then
again it may be called something else.

Sami

From: Richard L. Hamilton on 30 Nov 2009 08:15
In article <QGeOm.53165$Pi5.2531(a)newsfe08.ams2>,
YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-spambin.co.uk> writes:
> Rich Teer wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Nov 2009, Michael Laajanen wrote:
>>
>>> Is shipping date for Solaris 11 set yet, and also what Nevada will it be
>>> based on the?
>>
>> I don't think the ship date is known outside of Sun yet (and maybe not
>> even inside). As for what build of Nevada it'll be based on, I hear
>> that Solaris 11 will NOT be based on Nevada but on Project Indiana,
>
> Unless something happens in the next few weeks, it will not be based on
> NV. It will be based(or even be) OpenSolaris.
>
>> Sun's binary distro of the OpenSolaris bits--a prospect that doesn't
>> exactly thrill me...
>>
>> To be fair, I've not yet tried OpenSolinux^WOpenSolaris, so I shouldn't
>> be too hard on it.
>>
>
> As a desktop/laptop system it is fine, I fail to see how it fits into
> the Enterprise as it has no hands free enterprise hands off installer
> (AI just is not there yet, and they have ripped out JumpStart).

AFAIK, they're quite well aware that it lacks enterprise (or really even
more than single-system) installation and deployment support (as well as
some related features?), and are working on it. Absent firm information
to the contrary, I would suppose it won't be released as the successor
to Solaris 10 until those features have been incorporated.

From: Richard L. Hamilton on 30 Nov 2009 08:27
In article <o7opt6-4q2.ln1(a)mankeli.homeip.net>,
Sami Ketola <Sami.Ketola(a)iki.finland.invalid> writes:
> Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is shipping date for Solaris 11 set yet, and also what Nevada will it be
>> based on the?
>
> Not even the net release name is not yet know thus no the release date yet.
> Currently it's just Solaris.Next. Maybe it will be called Solaris 11 but then
> again it may be called something else.
>
> Sami

Which is another way of saying that their marketing folks retain the
prerogative of renaming anything. Look at the half dozen or so names
they've given their compiler suite over the years.

IMO, gratuitous name changes simply promote confusion, not sales. A
marketing department is a necessary evil, but there are a lot more
effective things it can do than re-branding.

AFAIK this is nothing new - the convention of not assuming that the
successor to Solaris x would be Solaris (x+1) has existed long before
OpenSolaris. Indeed, the assumption has been violated before, with 7
succeeding 2.6, or arguably with the retroactive renaming of SunOS 4.1.x
and associated environment to Solaris 1.y (with non-straightforward x-to-y
mapping, I think).

From: John D Groenveld on 30 Nov 2009 09:30
In article <7mo973F3iq3frU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>Is shipping date for Solaris 11 set yet, and also what Nevada will it be
> based on the?

Which Nevada (or Indiana) features are you most interested in?

Some of these may be backported to Solaris 10 depending on
demand and how long it takes Sun to get Solaris Next ready as a
credible upgrade.

John
groenveld(a)acm.org
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