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Anatomy of a Successful Enterprise Linux Distro?

Posted by Cliff on from the what-pieces-do-corporations-drool-over dept.

phenix asks: "With the new release of Novell Linux Desktop, and the upcoming release of Sun JDS3, I am curious to hear how these two suites, and their underlying enterprise infrastructures (JES and OES) compare. Specifically, I am interested in their ease of management/deployment in these areas: directory services, productivity (office) applications, centralized application serving, centralized document storage, groupware, and remote application installation. All of these, of course, without the use of Windows products like Exchange and Windows technologies like Active Directory. Is there a better alternative?"

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  1. I wouldn't trust Sun by walterbyrd · · Score: 1, Troll


    I wouldn't trust Sun with anything other than Solaris running on Sun hardware. And maybe not even that.

    Sun has a long history of ambivilance towards anything "not invented here." Solaris supported x86, then it didn't, now it does again. Sun supported linux, then tried to kill linux (as we know it) by supporting scoxe and claiming that Sun had the only legal version of Linux.

    Sun management leaves a lot to be desired, an awful lot. When Sun ran into to trouble, the solution of Sun management was to run around like chickens with their heads cut off; changing the company's direction, and their positions, on important matters about every two months.

    Also, Sun management has a snarky, immature attitude. They don't know when to shutup.

    As a company, Sun is in trouble. Deep trouble. Yes, they have some great technology, so does SGI, so did DEC, and many other such companies.

    With all the great well supported distros, why on earth would anybody go with Sun? Frankly, it would be my last choice.