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Sun Reconsidering Solaris 9 for x86

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

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."

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  1. Who cares at this point? by t0qer · · Score: 1, Troll

    Linux has the posix market on x86 machines now. Solaris only runs good on sun hardware, but if you put linux on that same box, it runs better. So again, I reiterate, who cares?

  2. Nah by Capt_Troy · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just leave it canceled... Please?

  3. Re:my last thread on Slashdot for a while by volsung · · Score: 0, Troll

    Might I suggest that online discussion is almost always "mental masturbation / entertainment" regardless of where it occurs.

  4. Not me this time by rho · · Score: 1, Troll

    I tried x86 Solaris....

    And I thought Linux was a pain to find stuff in. I had no idea how convoluted it could be to find the simplest of config files.

    They are everywhere on Solaris: /etc, /usr/etc, /local/etc, /stand/over/here/etc, /hold/mouth/just/so... it was a pain in the ass.

    The advantage of Solaris is many, many years of constant work and improvements. The disadvantage is many, many years of kludges and bizarre filesystem changes that have to be kept around for historical reasons, or the script written back in 1869 by some contract beard that nobody understands breaks horribly and sets fire to the machine room.

    Which is why I give Solaris admins deep kisses, with tounge.

    T(H)GSB

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  5. Intel buyout by Tremul · · Score: 0, Troll

    If rumors of a possible intel buyout of sun are true, I wonder how the prospects of continued support for x86 will fair.

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