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Sun Works to Converge Linux and Solaris

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the linaris-solarnux dept.

Jucius Maximus writes "A new change has appeared in Sun's strategy as reported by CNET. Instead of dismissing Linux as inferior, it is now trying to integrate elements of Linux into Solaris for easier porting of applications. This looks like a step in the right direction for Linux acceptance in the professional server market."

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  1. Too little, too late? by TuxLuvr · · Score: 3, Funny
    This is a refreshing change of direction for Sun, but it may be too late in some instances -- as we all know, many companies are now phasing out their Sun hardware for inexpensive Linux-based solutions...

    What I would like is for FreeBSD to include Sun binary compatibility in 5.0, so I can run my Linux apps inside a Solaris VM under FreeBSD! ;^)

  2. Flamebait alert... by Geekonomical · · Score: 3, Funny

    Guidelines for posting in /.

    1. Scan for news items that has the keyword Linux
    2. Cut and paste a few lines from the story

    Add lines lis (*) is in the right direction for acceptance of Linux.

    Anybody thinking about writing a perl script for this purpose? Lets call it postbot.

  3. sunux? by tps12 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I have already had the idea to combine Linux and BSD to create LSD. This sounds similar.

    Sunux? Solarux? Linaris?

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  4. Re:Sorry, but Linux *IS* inferior... by Andrewkov · · Score: 3, Funny
    But it's in Sun's best interest to pave a smooth superhighway upgrade path from Linux to Solaris for users that grow beyond their x86 hardware

    Oh yeah?? Well look at *my* setup:

    HOSTNAME: mofo, OS: SOLARIS 9.2, MACHINE TYPE: Z69000 , USER: bofh
    MEMORY: 64326GB, SWAP: 52376GB, PROCESSORS: 5800 2.5GHZ, DISK: Fibre Channel Raid 593271GB

  5. Re:"linux is where solaris was 5 or 10 years ago" by Tremul · · Score: 2, Funny

    "linux is where solaris was 5 or 10 years ago"

    Yep. It's on everyones servers

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  6. Re:Sorry, but Linux *IS* inferior... by FyRE666 · · Score: 2, Funny


    HOSTNAME: mofo, OS: SOLARIS 9.2, MACHINE TYPE: Z69000 , USER: bofh
    MEMORY: 64326GB, SWAP: 52376GB, PROCESSORS: 5800 2.5GHZ, DISK: Fibre Channel Raid 593271GB
    Yeah we've had one of these for a few years now. They make great routers/firewalls to keep our REAL machines free for the serious work...

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  7. Re:Maybe this needs to be qualified? by Bob9113 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Linux is where Solaris was five or 10 years ago."

    You make your own cynical comment : )

    Thank you, I will:
    Ya mean Linux is the runaway growth leader in the production server OS market? OK, I'll buy that.

    :-)

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  8. Re:Why maintain all that SysV cruft? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    GNU UNIX - ROFL!!!

    Don't you know what UNIX is, or what GNU stands for, for that matter???

    *BSD is more 'UNIX' than Linux, but UNIX is still UNIX(tm).