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Friday Nov 07, 2008
Of Classic Cars and Vintage Support
Classic Yellow Mini AmyO Behind the WheelClassic Green Mini

In a way that surprises me, I love my Mini Cooper. I've become a car enthusiast as I never imagined possible. My attachment to my car borders on the downright giddy. I love all things Mini Cooper and even went to a Mini Driving Academy. I'm fairly new to Mini Mania but I've seen my future in Classic Mini owners. At Mini Meet-ups the classic owners talk a lot about maintenance - where to get classic engine parts, where the best, most knowledgeable mechanics can be found, who to trust with your paint job.

At Sun we have a classic community too - our Solaris 8 users. They like what they have and want to stay at that rev. Our classic community doesn't need to worry about maintenance or search for experts; Sun Services provides them Solaris 8 Vintage Patch Service. Vintage Patch Service can take two forms: straight-up Solaris 8 environment Vintage Patch support or Solaris 8 Containers run on a Solaris 10 machine with Vintage Patch support. Either way Vintage Patch support keeps our Solaris 8 users up and running smoothly.

And should our classic Solaris 8 users decide to move to Solaris 10, Sun Professional Services is ready with migration support to plan, test and implement their upgrade.

Posted at 01:46PM Nov 07, 2008 by Amy O'Connor in Open Source  |  Comments[1]