tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270287474555047904.post4160527813488374507..comments2024-02-06T09:33:18.955-08:00Comments on It's a UNIX system!: Oracle forces wesunsolve to closeHenkishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676564270085723379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270287474555047904.post-39787876798457733162012-09-18T09:52:43.823-07:002012-09-18T09:52:43.823-07:00One more feature cut by Oracle.
It's one more ...One more feature cut by Oracle.<br />It's one more push for the community to transition to Linux systems. With 2 clicks I could see if another patchset was out, and with a few more, if I needed to invest time to go to the Oracle site. Sysadmin time is valuable. Oracle could have put up a section on their site for the sunsolve area to live, an enticement to go view Oracle information. Instead, we have to login to the slow site and slog through the pages. Well, in the future, I'd rather go someplace that cares to maximize my time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270287474555047904.post-52456984661160484052012-09-14T06:12:24.298-07:002012-09-14T06:12:24.298-07:00As much as I liked WeSunSolve, and I used it, and ...As much as I liked WeSunSolve, and I used it, and hoped it would last, it was obvious from day one that it was at the very least infringing on Oracle's trademarks. And a trademark must be defended or be lost.<br />Copyright issues were another definite possibility, because it was copying a lot of stuff, copyrighted content is not limited to patches and binaries.<br /><br />Yes, a technically great tool. A pity that Oracle is not able or willing to do an equivalent. But sadly, that they don't do it themselves is not enough to make it legal...<br /><br />I'll have a chat with our salespeople, again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270287474555047904.post-23550351083837706532012-09-13T08:35:24.744-07:002012-09-13T08:35:24.744-07:00Martin, that Oracle org chart seems inaccurate. Sh...Martin, that Oracle org chart seems inaccurate. Shouldn't the engineering division be *under* the legal division?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1270287474555047904.post-7916880458951960632012-09-13T01:43:14.131-07:002012-09-13T01:43:14.131-07:00Yes indeed, wesunsolve.net was THE replacement for...Yes indeed, wesunsolve.net was THE replacement for old sunsolve.sun.com and helped a lot in Solaris admin tasks. The maintainer should be employeed by Oracle not prosecuted by its legal department, see http://www.bonkersworld.net/organizational-charts/.Martin Bnoreply@blogger.com