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The Return Of Solaris 9 For x86
The Pi-Guy writes: "Hoping that I won't screw up again about Solaris 9 on x86 again, this time I'm sure I got it right... eWeek is covering that indeed, Sun will be shipping Solaris 9 for x86 after all!!! Also in that article, they note that Sun is shipping a x86 based server, which will ship the 26th. It will be running a Sun Linux distro... Many surprises from Sun today!!"
Good to hear that a company is coming out with a real UNIX for x86. I was getting tired of this Linux toy.
all seven Solaris x86 users are jumping for joy. ;)
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Looking into my crystal ball:
Soon we will see a new article in a magazine:
"According to Slashdot insiders, the rumors about Solaris 9 for x86 seem to be true."
At which time a new Slashdot article will be posted saying:
"Now we can be sure it will come: A new article again said so."
At which time maybe two magazines take up that news, which then raises a slashback "Solaris 9/x86 will indeed be released, as two new articles confirm."
This will encourage a few other magazines to jump onto the train and announce the new Solaris 9/x86. At which time, other magazines start to copy from those magazines, until every magazine tells that story.
Finally, someone at Sun reads it in a magazine, and tells the management about it, which instantly releases a press release that the rumors about Sun releasing Solaris 9/x86 soon are nonsense.
Unfortunately this statement gets misinterpreted as "We have trouble with it, therefore we won't release it soon, but it will take some time." This makes Sun stock go down.
Sun management sees no other way to get out than creating and releasing Solaris 9/x86. So this is done.
Now the stories on slashdot and in magazines are proven to have been correct.
However, I should note that my crystal ball came without any warranty, without even the warranty that anything it shows is or will become true.
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I don't know how good this new Solaris will, now that it includes George Clooney.