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Sun Opens First Linux Competency Center

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-bet-i'd-fail dept.

McGarnacle writes "Looks like our friends at Sun have opened the first Linux training centers at the headquarters of a Belleville, Ontario firm: beONix Technology. Now there's a worthwhile summer activity for the kids :)"

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  1. Internal Sun unrest by popeydotcom · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was chatting to a Sun employee the other day. He was telling me that a lot of developers at Sun are unhappy with the proliferation of Linux through their organisation.

    The way I understand it, they aren't happy with the level of maturity in the Linux kernel *compared with the Solaris kernel*. He seemed to imply that the scalability in Linux wasn't as good, and felt Sun should be pushing Solaris more than Linux.

    Don't take this as Linux bashing - I use it a lot at home and work, I just wondered if other developers felt similarly.

    1. Re:Internal Sun unrest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Listen, I don't know who your source is. I'm a developer at Sun too and I can tell you we're more than happy about Linux. We see it as the dominant player in the future.

  2. I think it's simple really by fishlet · · Score: 5, Interesting


    I think Sun is starting to realize that Solaris is a dead end market share wise. This is no reflection on the quality of Solaris, just that the only major OS's to experience growth are Windows and Linux (and maybe OSX to a very small degree). Besides, companies like the idea of standardizing on a platform. For many that choice is Microsoft. If they don't like Micro$oft, then maybe they'll go with something else. But they probably wont go with three different things... for example Linux, Solaris, and AIX. So a smart company will give the customer what it wants- the ability to use standardize on a platform of choice.

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    Blender And Linux Fan