[csw-users] Why support Solaris 8 onwards?

[James Lee]

On 19/09/07, 16:21:15, Stefan Teleman <stefan.teleman at gmail.com> wrote
regarding Re: [csw-users] Why support Solaris 8 onwards?:

> > I trust they would not be so insulting.

> You should not feel insulted just because someone calls you on your
> apparent unwillingness to learn something new. This might happen to
> you in a job interview. It probably will.

I use Solaris 10.

Perhaps I'm disappointed that my reasons have not been listen to:
that there is no profit in implement something new for the sake of
it, because "it's advanced" or "runs on USIV+" when I don't have
USIV+.


> > I'm not.

> Nope, you're not. You're developing on a 7 years old version of
> Solaris

I don't develop for Solaris 8.


> which is EOF'ed, obsolete and

And still works.  Sun is at fault for not making it rubbish
in the first place.


> of no interest to anyone except
> those who are unwilling to learn something new.

I am constantly learning new things, what part of "it costs me
money" did you not hear?

Can we get back to how Solaris 8 support affects Solaris 10?
The 2 reasons Ben Taylor gave being void, any others?





James.