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Sun's Linux Killer Examined
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.
Welcome our new Linux killing Sun overlords.
The good news is, in Soviet Russia, only Korean old people kill you.
I don't think a lot of folks around here realize that the original article from the Register is actually a disservice for Sun. Think about it -- the fact that they are making more and more of their core software not only available on Linux, but also available for free (as in beer) to me looks like they have finally started to take it seriously and they are trying to deversify. Just recently they've announced the Technology Preview programm for their compilers on Linux which will let Linux developers get an access to something that really blows gcc and even commercial compiler vendors out of the water. In short, I don't really think Sun wants to kill Linux with Solaris, but rather try to cash-in on both. Which, if executed correctly, might have a good chance for success.