Lockheed Replaces 10,000 Solaris Seats with Linux

Posted by CowboyNeal on Friday July 30, 2004 @07:07AM from the move-over-mcnealy dept.

bl8n8r writes "Citing hardware and software TCO, a source close to Lockheed Martin says the aeronautics giant will be replacing 10,000 of its Solaris seats with Linux. The article mentions AutoZone, IBM, SCO and Daimler Chrysler and what may be in store for Lockheed Martin. 'Every engineer has a Microsoft PC sitting next to their Sun Blade,' said their source. 'That's for business applications, and Linux is no threat there. It's Sun who has to worry.' Wait till they find out how much they can save running OpenOffice."

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Re:It's hardly news... by Alien+Being · 2004-07-30 07:41 · Score: 0, Troll

1. wait for mod points
2. post flamebait as AC
3. mod yourself up
4. ???
Re:Serious Reply: Solaris is Deadmeat. by discstickers · 2004-07-30 07:52 · Score: 1, Troll

The future of computing sees 4 surviving standards, ranked in order of marketshare.

1. Windows on x86 (including both Intel and AMD)
2. Linux on x86
3. Linux on PowerPC
4. MacOS (FreeBSD) on PowerPC

Nice troll. What in the hell makes you think that Linux on PowerPC will surpase OS X? Are you talking about servers or desktops?

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