Question: Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian said in an interview for Linux Foundation recently that Sun Solaris and OpenSolaris are not going anywhere. I would say that disagrees, but want to develop?
Phipps: Well, as it is, the fact that the question was formulated at all said that something has changed and OpenSolaris is now on the map. Comments made by Novell Executive were very ill informed, according to remember…Remembrance when I read that seem to be based on data that had five years edad.Me seems to Novell shareholders should worry that its Chief Executive is not maintained in the competition.
Question: My coverage of Hovsepian, Patrick Finch Sun interview feedback takes issue with numbers than Hovsepian cited for OpenSolaris download. What are the numbers?
Phipps: Number Hovsepian is tonto.Los actuals are much larger that, and I think that there could be discovered by simply looking at the OpenSolaris Web site. Depends on the number that you want really.Patrick Finch wrote a blog that includes numbers message.
What people who really want to use an operating system could download Solaris Express version. There have been many downloads of Solaris 10 and Solaris Express – the millions of downloads for Solaris 10 and hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, to Solaris Express.No I have precisely numbers at hand right now.
The agreement is that since Solaris code opened, there has been a great revival of interest in OpenSolaris.It would be correct to say that OpenSolaris has not reached the point where can be expected to go big yet, because the project itself is only a couple of years of antigüedad.Pero, even taking into account that this is the case, already has millions of downloads, and is already seeing significant revenue, which unfortunately does not break so I can get direct – numbers from the sale of subscriptions to support Solaris.
I think what you are doing Mr. Hovsepian here is “whistling in the dark,” as they say. I believe that he is concerned by the resurgence of a fast, innovative new OpenSolaris… That shows the question raised is in his mind, and that had to be so dismissive with so few data suggests that it is afraid. I don’t have too many problems with my competitors being afraid of what we are doing, and I’m even happier that are ill-informed and not know what is of hitting them.
Question: Hovsepian also indicates that it is not good for a company to try to find a balance between commercial interests and code opened. how responds to?
Phipps: Well, Novell has a big problem.What they are doing is trying to sell open source software as if they were proprietary software. The comment made by Mr. Hovsepian seems projection of malaise Novell at Sun, but we do not have this discomfort. Send a free piece of software that anyone can download and use without restriction alguna.Nosotros not resort to FUD tactics around patents to try and scare people to buy a commercial version. Customers who actually deploying the software, then have the opportunity to purchase subscriptions, so get the best out of your implementation…
Let’s say that installing Solaris and te guste. You under no compulsion to come to Sun is which sea.Nosotros we like Novell or Red Hat with a commercial version and a free version. We have only free – Edition software – you can take, and when ready, a subscription service and support that you can buy.There is no special thing you have to hacer.No you have to go to get a special version.
Let’s take a look at Red Hat.To go from Fedora Red Hat Enterprise… you really must release Fedora and adopt Red Hat Enterprise if you want support.This is the model which I believe has problems, and that is not the model of Sun going.The Sun has a binary, and when it is ready to support, we sell support.If you ever need support, you need never called.
Once again, it is the same situation you have download numbers.Unfortunately, Mr. Hovsepian really not seems to have the facts.If did you, I’m pretty sure that would be much more concerned with us.
Question: Hovsepian also questioned the OpenSolaris “community contract” and called dangerous…
Phipps: Yes, there was a disposable in the podcast where Mr. Hovsepian was trying to throw comment FUD about how the OpenSolaris community managed by Yes mismo.Él was saying that if you’re looking at the source code, is vitiated never work in Linux.Eso is complete garbage and absoluta.No know where is receiving from, but it is so true that almost be useful. Patrick Finch makes an interesting that this is not the first time that Mr. Hovsepian has made an attack poorly reported and misleading on OpenSolaris.Quizá point is that he doesn’t have anyone to attack because Novell is a company of such unpopular in the open source movement.
Sun is really a member of the Linux Foundation, and is the largest code for what you will find in the average distribution of Linux.estamos disk completely contributor committed to free software utilizable.estamos committed to supporting Linux.estamos users committed to the development of OpenSolaris.

