Category Archives: Oracle

Oracle Solaris support for non-Oracle x86 systems

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Lasse Osterild

Again contrary to what has been said in the past, Oracle now supports Solaris on non-Oracle x86 systems as long as it’s listed as certified in the Solaris Hardware Compatibility List (HCL). You can find more information on http://www.oracle.com/us/products/servers-storage/solaris/non-sun-x86-081976.html, including … Continue reading →

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Dell and HP to certify and resell Oracle Solaris, Oracle Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM

Posted on July 31, 2010 by Lasse Osterild

Finally some good news from Oracle, and a speck of hope that OpenSolaris will continue on the same path as before.  On July 29th Oracle announced in a press release that HP and Dell will certify and resell Oracle Solaris, … Continue reading →

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No more free Sun patches

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Lasse Osterild

Oracle has done it, without a paid support contract you cannot get ANY Sun patches, not even critical security patches. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-61-203648-1. I don’t believe this is the correct way to do business, sure they stand to make a bit more … Continue reading →

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