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Sun Says OpenSolaris Will Challenge Linux

Posted by kdawson on from the color-us-skeptical dept.

E5Rebel writes "Sun Microsystems has ambitious plans for the commercial and open source versions of its Solaris operating system. The company hopes to achieve for Solaris the kind of widespread uptake already enjoyed by Java. This means challenging Linux. 'There's an enormous momentum building behind Solaris,' according to Ian Murdock, chief operating platforms officer at Sun, who was chief technology officer of the Linux Foundation and creator of the Debian Linux distribution. Isn't it all a bit late?"

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  1. OpenSolaris by smittyoneeach · · Score: 5, Funny

    OpenSolaris
    Won't a new one tear us,
    Unless they first
    Have Ballmer chair us,
    Great documentation--
    Now that could scare us.
    Burma Shave

    --
    Get thee glass eyes, and, like a scurvy politician, seem to see things thou dost not.--King Lear
    1. Re:OpenSolaris by DeepZenPill · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hey it was 320GB of some really freaky porn that nobody else was supposed to see. What he didn't realize is that the Truecrypt process took a look at it and decided he shouldn't be watching those movies either.

  2. "Isn't it all a bit late?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't think so, but then again, I'm still holding out for an Amiga comeback.

  3. Re:unix, funny name by IckySplat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Splitter!

    --
    Help! help!, the termites are eating my DRAM!!!
  4. Re:What is the platform? by gbjbaanb · · Score: 3, Funny

    we want a lean c one...

    Dr Tanenbaum, please come back.. all is forgiven :-)