[NTLUG:Discuss] Mac v. Linux

[Burton Strauss]

Have you used Solaris on x86?  Sure it's a pig - up until 10, that is.  But
there are some mighty attractive features in Solaris 10 for x86, such as
Zones - imagine resource control of VMs built into the OS.

Assuming Sun lives long enough to waste their cash on StorageTek, they will
probably have completed the drops of code into Open Solaris.  At that point,
Solaris' survival is not tied to Sun, although the licenses won't allow
cross-over with development of other OSes.

-----Burton

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Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Mac v. Linux

solaris?? I'm trying to decide if you're flaming, kidding, or if I should
actually respond...

Sun is a dying company... has been for years, if you don't believe me, check
the stock market.  The only thing keeping solaris alive is Fujitsu, and they
have GE level resources, so they'll be around for a while.  But the Japanese
are smart, when nobody cares anymore that they can beat Sun on performance
for like 80% of the price, they'll quit doing the solaris R&D for Sun.

Sun may be around for a while... but they are pricey and the market is
tolerating that less every year... the move to amd workstations is a good
move for them to keep costs in control, but they still put out a very
expensive box, and I've seen steady detorating demand for that.

linux may have some ground to cover still, but several of the distro's are
already solid enough to be taken seriously and in a far better position to
be that 3rd OS than solaris (isn't sun just as happy to run linux as they
are solaris on their opteron workstations?)

j

Quoting Burton Strauss <Burton_Strauss at comcast.net>:

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