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No Solaris 9 for x86

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the try-debian-instead dept.

Jon writes: "Unsurprisingly, LinuxWorld is reporting that Sun is not going to support Solaris 9 on PCs. The article cites a marketing suit who claims that the prevailing economic conditions account for this."

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  1. read aloud by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    let me be the first to say, steve jobs is a raging homo

  2. j. Shitbox by ringbarer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why? Because it's a container. For shit.

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  3. Ob911 comment... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If Sun doesn't provide Solaris 9 for x86, then the terrorists have already won.

  4. Linux is similar to a religion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Consider the similarity between Linux and religion:
    A common remark among Linux people when somebody complains about open source is that we must read about open source until we "get
    it." This is similar to the religions in which a person becomes
    born-again, or discovers Jesus Christ. Religious people cannot explain
    the process of being born again or discovering Jesus. Rather, we must simply
    "get it."

    The Linux people ask for donations, as do churches.

    Linux fanatics routinely publish "feel-good" articles about how wonderful
    Linux and open source is. They never discuss issues seriously, nor do they
    tolerate criticism. Churches also routinely bombard their congregation
    with biased sermons. The sermons never discuss issues seriously, nor do
    churches tolerate criticism.

    Religions have a god, and the worshipers often have symbolic items that
    they wear as jewelry or collect in their homes. For example, the Christians
    collect crosses and images of Jesus. Many Linux people treat Torvalds as
    a god, and the penguin seems analogous to a statue of Jesus.

  5. Re:No proprietary unices left on x86 by anshil · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    An alternative thought to this is that Windows 2000, being a much more mature OS than NT

    Do you know that win2000 and winNT are infact the same OS? 2000 is just a newer verison/update of the existing System. Win2000 was called NT 5.0 during development and has still this as versions tag today. (analogous WinXP == WinNT 6.0)

    Don't let marketing confuse you and make you believe you buyed more than just an ver. update at the full price. (thats what the new naming scheme is all about IMHO)

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