@kkarhan @nil I once got an offer to maintain some...

@kkarhan @nil I once got an offer to maintain some software running on Solaris 9 systems.
I'm a huge fan of Solaris but I chose to decline the offer despite the fact that it involved a then-outdated version of my beloved System V flavor.
If I accepted, I guess a lot of things in my life would be very different. I was more excited of the future of Sun products — a future that I didn't know was already doomed.
I should finally start contributing something to OpenIndiana, though.

Like 3 January at 1:59 | Wall-to-wall | Open on functional.cafe

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Goose is eyeballing you

@dmbaturin former Solaris 8/9 admin here, and you have my sympathies.

3 January at 4:22 | Open on spore.social

Kevin Karhan :verified:

@dmbaturin @nil yeah, #Oracle ruined #OpemSolaris...

- #Illumos as successor prokect hosever seems to still be up and running tho.

And yes, you ain't the only ones disappointed.

- Been at places that did #HPC computing for #science and they were originally like #Sun fanboys who still had millions in #SPARC & #Solaris invested until Oracle backstabbed them.

Nowadays they run #Linux...

3 January at 4:22 | Open on infosec.space

Tom Hayward

@kkarhan @dmbaturin @nil $dayjob migrated desktops from Solaris thin desktops to Linux about 1-2 years ago. Still a few Solaris machines in the background I think, though not sure how many left.

3 January at 7:36 | Open on mastodon.social

Toasterson

@dmbaturin @kkarhan @nil We are always looking for contributors, hit me up when you need help I am a maintainer with OpenIndiana. What package would you like to do?

3 January at 12:54 | Open on chaos.social

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