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Solaris Coming to IBM's Power Architecture?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the and-other-ponderings dept.

johnm writes "Jonathan Schwartz, Sun's pony-tailed number two, dropped this little snippit in his blog where he talks extensively about what he thinks 'open' means: 'For example, as we continue porting Solaris onto IBM's Power architecture (demo coming soon!)...' Does this mean you'll soon be able to ditch OS X and stick on Solaris 10 onto Macs?" While coming off as an ad for Java, Schwartz also raises some valid points about Unix and migration.

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  1. Re:Ditch OS X For Solaris? by HungSquirrel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because having the power of Unix coupled with a pleasing interface and scores of usable desktop applications is a disgusting perversion of everything Unix stands for.

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  2. New world... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    I run Linux even on old world (gray) Macs

    The gray Macs are new world - the gray aliens with the big black eyes that like to hover over Scotland and make circles in crops.

    Of course if you are talking abould a Big Mac - they have always been kinda gray inside ...

  3. Open is... by Offwhite98 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...leaving the case off because you had tried to install a new hard drive and you got frustrated with it so you just left the PC sit open for a week because you just did not want to deal with it anymore.

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  4. You know by shfted! · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've used Sun workstations a lot, but they sure felt sluggish. I guess they really could use a little more Power. Heh.

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  5. Only a customer can define the word "open."... by omeomi · · Score: 2, Funny

    I like how he starts out with, "Only a customer can define the word 'open.' That's my view.", and then procedes to define the word 'open'.

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  6. Re:Solaris and Gnome over OS X? by nsayer · · Score: 2, Funny
    Yet Gnome is rapidly approaching.

    For suitable definitions of "rapidly".

  7. Re:Again by upsidedown_duck · · Score: 2, Funny

    Could this be a prelude to Sun trying to sell themselves to IBM while they're still worth something?

    Wouldn't Sun+IBM be like wearing purple pants with a blue sport coat?

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  8. Re:Ditch OS X For Solaris? by IPFreely · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's clearly IBM that Sun is after. First they say they will 'buy Linux' (i.e. SuSe) which is IBM's Linux vendor of choice and now they are saying they will also invade IBM's hardware. Good luck to Sun. Competition is good for everyone, except the losers of course.

    Yeah, when all those companies start buying IBM hardware just to put Sun Linux or Solaris on it, IBM will be in a world of hurt..... I mean, big hardware sales and service without the cost and headaches of software support. Can it get any worse?

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  9. Re:Hardware compatiblity? by vuvewux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe Linus should start making hardware for Linux, so that it would finally Just Work.

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  10. Re:pfffffft by JonAnderson · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wow, you have seen strange pussies. Are you sure you haven't been fucking yaks?