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Sun's Linux Killer Examined

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the one-killer-thats-not-so-killer dept.

gnaremooz is one of several users to mention Thomas Greene's look at Sun's supposed 'Linux Killer'. From the article: "If Sun gets very serious about Solaris 10 on x86 and the Open Solaris project that it hopes will nourish it, Linux vendors had better get very worried. That's because, in the many areas where Linux is miles ahead of Solaris, Sun stands a good chance of catching up quickly if it has the will, whereas in the many areas where Solaris is miles ahead, the Linux community will be hard pressed to narrow the gap." However, he goes on to describe many more difficulties with an install of Solaris than I seem to remember having with just about any recent Linux install.

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  1. Re:Better luck next time by Paul+Jakma · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How so exactly?

    The licence is OSI approved and even RMS has called OpenSolaris "Free".

    Stop spreading FUD. You likely havn't even read the licence given what you just wrote.

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