Farewell, Solaris, we hardly knew ye
I had long had on my low level “to do” list to consider trying out OpenSolaris, likely either in the form of Nexenta or as Debian/OpenSolaris (nearest link: OpenSolaris @ CSC).
Alas, I didn’t get around to it in time for the license change which essentially eliminates interest in it. The precis of the change: You’re free to download it, and use it for as long as 90 days, but then, you’re expected to pay Oracle for a service contract.
I guess the good news is that I didn’t waste any time on something I’d have to be “sunsetting” by the end of June 2010.
Nope, not “April Fools.”