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Sun-isms Debunked
Newman writes "We're all aware of the hole-ridden arguments that Sun executives Scott McNealy and Jonathan Schwartz use to attack Linux. This guy at NewsForge really grilled them at the Solaris launch party last Monday, and actually got some straight answers out of them. At the end of the article, both execs have some specific words for Slashdot readers."
I used to like Sun, but now-a-days... why bother?
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
Sounds to me like they've been spending too much time at Great America. Their HQ building is how I know which exit to get off at. I guess he went on Top Gun one too many times.
This space for rent...
Solaris in a WiFi access point? No.
Solaris in a watch? No.
Solaris in a TiVo clone? No.
Solaris in an auto's ECM? No.
Solaris on a laptop? No.
Solaris on a mobile? No.
Sun doesn't get populism. They're too used to their own history to reinvent themselves, or understand community OSS efforts. I watched Scott slam IBM's pension funding, and Schwartz look fawningly on in the press/analyst conference. I watched the little plane with the Red Hat "Business as Usual" banner flying behind. Sun wants Linux love a lot. And they're clueless on how to get it. Not McNealy's bruskness or Schwartz's blogged ponytail are going to get it. It's a shame, because Solaris 10 looks droolingly good, if proprietary (look closely at ZFS, dtrace, and so on). Sigh.
---- Teach Peace. It's Cheaper Than War.
life isnt free, it has a cost, as do all things you want. To many on slashdot seem to think that their efforts and hard work has no value, or they would want to be reimbursed somehow for their labors. Free code, free internet, free this and that...who is supposed to pay for these free things?? Sun and MS are just companies that cannot bend over and provide 'free' to the masses. They have a payroll and the employees like those paychecks (although those execs could take a pay cut to lower the cost). The 'free' geeks should be silent, and work on their own os (as if the majority of the 'free' geeks can write an os...). Free to you doesn't mean it didnt cost someone, so get in touch with reality before you are just another IT worker living in a van down by the river...