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From: Richard B. Gilbert on 14 May 2010 22:01
Barry wrote:
> On Wed, 12 May 2010 10:17:33 -0400, "Richard B. Gilbert"
> <rgilbert88(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> hume.spamfilter(a)bofh.ca wrote:
>>> 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.
>>>
>> There ARE limits to what Sun/Oracle, or any other company can do. Ford
>> will NOT support your Model T any longer! The world moves on! You
>> either move with it or get left behind!!
>
> But I got a lifetime guarentee when I bought my Model T!
>

Then take your troubles with it to Ford Motor Company. You had best
take a copy of your birth certificate, drivers license, and your copy of
that lifetime guarantee.
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