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Sun Reconsidering Solaris 9 for x86
jeffphil writes "This article reports that Sun is meeting with a group of Solaris x86 users called the 'Secret Six.' The group was created to convince Sun to re-examine its previous decision to cancel Solaris on the x86 platform."
solaris for x86 is good for those who are teaching themselves solaris and dont want to spend god knows how much for an overpriced sun box. Kinda nice to throw it on your test box, teach yourself solaris, and be able to get an admin job that way.
Lawyers, MBA's, RIAA? A jedi fears not these things!
A sunblade 100 workstation can be had for $1k anyone who can afford a pc and is learning solaris should be able to aford one.
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Kudo's to Sun on this one.
It's not that I'm all that fond of x86, I just love the example that they are setting here. They make an executive decision, there is a public uproar, and they stop and reconsider.
Even if they don't decide to continue supporting x86, they have given us a clear signal that they are listening to our opinions, and are willing to negotiate/cooperate with the community.
That is what is missing in some Monopolies that have had a lot of media coverage lately. Some companies will do things that no one likes, completely ignore everyones complaints, and then pretend as if everyone was in favor of it the whole time.
More big companies should have an approch like Sun's.
Sigs are out of style, so I'm not going to use one...oh wait..
2.2GHz Uniprocessor x86 chips can smoke 4-way Solaris Sparc chips [...]
Heloooo... the story is about Solaris on x86. I won't go in the "Sparc vs. x86" argument, which is off-topic, but instead reiterate that on SMP x86, Solaris smokes Linux. Maybe sad, but true.
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AIX is the best UNIX in my opinion. WHy? Simply because it has SMIT. I was thinking of making a Linux port of smitty. smitty is a GUI (or a CLI) frontend for pratically EVERY command you will ever use.From creating logical volumes to setting up networking.Everything. You honestly never have to touch a command prompt if you use SMIT.
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