Archive for the ‘Oracle’ Category
Oracle Sun welcome event
Finally, Oracle+Sun Welcome Event has come to Moscow but it’s very unlikely that I would be invited since every application must be approved and something tells me that my ordinary “Unix engineer” job title isn’t high enough for the invitation. But I still believe…
OpenSolaris, licensing, rumors and more
Right on the heels from the MOSUG meeting we had tonight I have something interesting to share with you. Mostly it relates to the most hot topics regarding the future of OpenSolaris, Solaris licensing and support. And so… As you’ve already heard or read in the mailing lists the latest OpenSolaris build has been frozen […]
In: Oracle, Solaris, Sun
Brooding about upcoming Oracle hardware service changes
Just read this on the opensolaris mailing list yesterday and if you don’t follow it then this information could be of big interest. From now on forget about different types of support contract for everything that we have got used to, i.e. Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze options, have been left behind and get prepared […]
Oracle’s filming about ZFS
If you haven’t already seen these two introductory videos that explains from the high level perspective different aspects of ZFS, i.e. deduplication and ZFS dynamic LUN expansion, then here they are available to all of us by courtesy of George Wilson and Deirdré Straughan : ZFS Dynamic LUN expantion ZFS Deduplication Enjoy!
EIS-DVD, where are you?
Hope that’s just a temporal mess which will be successfully resolved soon. Frankly speaking, I could hardly imagine a Sun field engineer without EIS. The EIS team regrets that EIS-DVD 23FEB10 has been cancelled. This is due to purchase order approval changes for manufacturing and distribution as a result of the transfer of control to […]
Are we going to say goodbye to Sun branded USP V/VM?
Just received it today: 2 March 2010 Dear Valued Partner, Due to the recent acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation, there has been much speculation as to the effect the merger will have on the market, product offerings and partnerships. As you are aware, Hitachi Data Systems and Sun Microsystems have enjoyed a successful […]
Sun – HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
As you certainly know Sun Microsystems Co. doesn’t exist anylonger and now it’s just another part of our history. So it’s not a surprise to see that all requests to www.sun.com are now redirected to a new home place www.oracle.com Btw, I encourage you to watch Larry Ellison speaking about the future steps that Oracle […]
Oracle + Sun strategy update webcast
This is a quick reminder not to miss an exceptionally intrigue live webcast presented by Oracle, during which all of us, those who do care about future of Sun’s innovative technologies, are supposed to learn today what tomorrow has in its pocket. Agenda 9:00 a.m. Safra Catz: Welcome and Opening Remarks Charles Phillips: Oracle + […]
Green light for Oracle’s deal over Sun Microsystems
Hallelujah! The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of US hardware and software vendor Sun Microsystems Inc. by Oracle Corporation, a US enterprise software company. After an in-depth examination, launched in September 2009 (see IP/09/1271 ), the Commission concluded that the transaction would not significantly impede effective competition in […]
Save Oracle/Sun from Monty and alike.
Few days ago I received a humble entreaty from Monty Creator of MySQL to step in and save his child from dirty beast whose name is Oracle. I must confess, that whilst this stinky story had been evolving and surging up I tried to publicly keep silence (I do clear understand that my voice could […]