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Will Open Source Solaris Kill Linux?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the will-diet-coke-kill-guinness dept.

Scott_Blayney writes "This guy contends that now that Sun is releasing Solaris 10 under an open source license, Linux will begin to wane in popularity. To quote, "Linux will probably not grow much beyond its current market share of about 10 % leaving Red Hat and especially Novell with a big problem." "

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  1. Finially by millahtime · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finially, a Linux is going to die story... in a couple years it'll be a linux is dead story... and it will be just like BSD.

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    1. Re:Finially by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      The sad part is, just as Linux died, I just got my Gentoo distro to compile.

    2. Re:Finially by Saratoga+C++ · · Score: 5, Funny

      in a couple years it'll be a linux is dead story

      Not until netcraft confirms it!!

    3. Re:Finially by u-235-sentinel · · Score: 5, Funny

      Finially, a Linux is going to die story... in a couple years it'll be a linux is dead story... and it will be just like BSD.

      What is BSD?

      **whack!!**

      Oh I get it ;-)

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  2. I sense a disturbance in the force by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    Its as if a million gnu/linux geeks suddenly cried out at once.

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  3. For a second there, I didn't know how to ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 4, Funny

    respond to this. Then I found out it was this guy who was making these statements. Once I realized that, I sold all my Linux stock, wiped off all my installs, sold the house and have moved my family to the secret shack in the hills. After all, this guy has never steered me wrong before.

  4. Re:Yes... by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think you should have read more as a kid - the tortoise DOES beat the hare.

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  5. games? by BigChigger · · Score: 4, Funny

    What games will be available for Solaris?

    BC

  6. Yes, it will kill it... by BalkanBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just like Windows NT killed UNIX.

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  7. Re:Finally by Foobar+of+Borg · · Score: 5, Funny
    Finially, a Linux is going to die story... in a couple years it'll be a linux is dead story... and it will be just like BSD.

    Well, seeing how Solaris has this nasty tendency to take mental constructs and create physical manifestations of lost relatives, lost wife, etc., using a stabilized field of neutrinos, it will probably freak people out too much to really be able to take over Linux's market share.

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