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From: John D Groenveld on 11 May 2010 20:14
In article <db4ef8de-611a-44b1-8417-9acc0ecb0115(a)s13g2000prc.googlegroups.com>,
vedmak <vedmak90(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>I agree with the part that support must be paid for, but old patches?

Yes, old patches too.

Upgrade your hardware to something that can run OpenSolaris
or switch your OS to something that supports antique hardware
like *BSD.

John
groenveld(a)acm.org
From: jsutkk on 12 May 2010 03:34
Dear all,

I think, Solaris towards to be OpenSource is great,
But, if it do not release free security patch,
I would not consider to use for my service even through Solaris is free.

From: vedmak on 12 May 2010 09:45
On May 12, 1:34 am, jsutkk <w...(a)kerker.tw> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I think, Solaris towards to be OpenSource is great,
> But, if it do not release free security patch,
> I would not consider to use for my service even through Solaris is free.

exactly! what value is there in Solaris OS if it is full of bugs and
exploits, I have a sparcstation 20,
that kind of chokes on solaris 9 and not compatible with Solaris 10,
maybe OpenBSD is the answer for me, even though it does not
support multiple cpu setup.
From: John D Groenveld on 12 May 2010 10:00
In article <e38965c8-2aea-4801-8f9d-e2594bcb8781(a)k2g2000yqe.googlegroups.com>,
vedmak <vedmak90(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>maybe OpenBSD is the answer for me, even though it does not
>support multiple cpu setup.

I always thought NetBSD had better support for antique non-x86
hardware but definitely check each *BSD's HCL.

Happy hacking,
John
groenveld(a)acm.org
From: hume.spamfilter on 12 May 2010 10:07
vedmak <vedmak90(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> exactly! what value is there in Solaris OS if it is full of bugs and

While I strongly object to Oracle cutting off security patches to currently-
supported products, it borders on ridiculous to complain about them not
sinking time and money into maintaining a patch archive for an OS over a
decade old... especially when there have been free new versions in between.

> exploits, I have a sparcstation 20,
> that kind of chokes on solaris 9 and not compatible with Solaris 10,

Again: You want to run a 12-year-old OS on fifteen+ year-old hardware.
You have to take what you can get.

This isn't a "Sun/Oracle" thing, either. Install an old Linux onto a 486,
refuse to upgrade, and then ask for security patches. See what kind of
response you get.

--
Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Ca/
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