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Previewing the Next Solaris OS

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the bill-and-scotty's-operating-system dept.

Eric Boutilier writes "Amy Rich has written an excellent Solaris Express (Solaris 10) how-to and general overview. It covers how the program works, using the community web site, and what's new in Solaris Express." Among many new features, the TCP/IP stack has been redesigned, IPv6 support improved, and both NFSv4 and USB 2.0 support added.

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  1. Re:Solaris sucks... first post by bareminimum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least I got to troll... why did you get -1? :)

  2. Do not underestimate ".NET" by mosel-saar-ruwer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    You only run a Microsoft operating system if you want to run the programs that come with that platform or if you want to use cheap PC hardware as a server.

    I wouldn't underestimate ".NET" [whatever it is] if I were you.

    I don't know if I've ever seen this much excitement in the developer community in re: a new enterprise platform [to include the circa 1995/1996 hype over Java or HTML].

    The people I know who've played with it [including the most rudimentary parts, such as ASP.NET] are very impressed.

    Yes, there are probably individual products that can perform better on isolated tasks than will the competing .NET solutions [for instance, I'd be loathe to ditch a Novell Directory Services infrastructure for an Active Directory infrastructure], but, on balance, .NET is where it's at.

    Well, there and maybe Bangalore.