Microsoft-Paul Allen

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 10/24/18 5:47 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 20:01, Alan Perry via cctalk
> <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>
>> Excuse me, but I work for Oracle on Solaris (primarily on USB code) and
>> it is not EOL. Oracle just released Solaris 11.4 and the next release is
>> being worked on.
> Oh! Well, I'm very glad to hear it.
>
> But the news has not spread -- cf.
>
> http://dtrace.org/blogs/bmc/2017/09/04/the-sudden-death-and-eternal-life-of-solaris/
>
> https://www.networkworld.com/article/3160176/hardware/game-over-for-solaris-and-sparc.html
>
> https://www.networkworld.com/article/3222707/data-center/the-sun-sets-on-solaris-and-sparc.html
>
> https://siliconangle.com/2017/09/05/oracle-layoffs-signal-end-life-sparc-solaris-products/
>
> https://www.itprotoday.com/software-development/new-oracle-layoffs-probably-signal-end-line-solaris
>

You act surprised.  I find that, like the regular news, the trade news 
is more interested in

creating news than reporting real news.


bill