Sun Works to Converge Linux and Solaris

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."

Comments

who cares

[trollercoaster]

Apple has it's new rack mounted servers out.

Re:Too little, too late?

[Anonymous Coward]

You're either trying to be really funny (and you aren't) or you're just an idiot. I suppose your UID says it all. Get real, after seeing enough things like buffers overflows in NFS KERNEL CODE, no one's going near Linux).

Re:Why would they do this?

[jo42]

Dear Jon,

That is the most intelligent thing that you have ever posted on /.

Linux Bad, FreeBSD Good, Beer Good, Pussy Better

Sun

[Apreche]

should stick to Java. I mean their ultra sparc processors and hardware are all great. I would love to have an ultra 80 or a sunblade. But Solaris really blows. I mean, it's fast, and stable. They run it in th cs department here. But CDE is crummy. ease of use is horrible. linux may be crappier under the hood, but its shinier on the surface.
Sun should stick to making Java. Besides their horrendously expensive hardware its the only other good thing they make.

Re:Sun

[Arethan]

You must not be very familiar with Solaris at all. Solaris is anything but "fast and stable". XSun is horribly lathargic, and Solaris is known to have core libraries that leak memory (which is why Apache allows you to set the maximum requests serviced per forked child).

As for Sun making great hardware, that is more bunk. The SPARC architecture is an open standard. Anyone who actually uses these things knows that there are several different manufacturers that you can go to for processors and equipment.

What Sun does well is selling their name, and R&D. Sun has been the first to come out with exciting new technologies on several occasions. They aren't always implemented in the best way, and sometimes they aren't even realistically useful tech, but they do put the man hours into it, which is quite commendable (especially when everyone is still whining about the economy).

I'll agree with you about CDE though, it vigorously sucks donkey balls through a garden hose like a french whore on speed.

Beware - endian issues

[Rossalina W Sanchez]

I was a level II third tier consultant for Sun during the fold-in phase of this project and I resigned a month ago because I don't want to be there when the shit hits the fan.

I was the team lead for my tier and the only qualified IEF certified relational c++ designer in the group, if that tells you anything. I wanted to do a one to one mapping of the Linux internals in big endian and use that as a layer of abstraction which would be treated as a lightweight CORBA object that brokered all endian issues. The system one level coder ( a c coder who knows nothing about c++ ) refused to even consider it, instead opting for some old berkley style hacky kludge. I won't even mention the sexual harassment either, only to say that just because you're a wealthy geek doens't mean I'll immediatly want to jump in bed with you. It was then that I resigned.

This project is facing an uphill battle unless they are willing to move beyond legacy technology and embrace todays standards. I wish them well but under the circumstances that I left I feel they are doomed for failure.

Please expand on your comments...

[FatSean]

Or are you speaking from your ass?