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NYT Ponders the Future of Solaris In a Linux/Windows World

Posted by timothy on from the year-of-the-solaris-desktop dept.

JerkBoB links to a story at the New York Times about the future prospects of Sun's Solaris, excerpting: "Linux is enjoying growth, with a contingent of devotees too large to be called a cult following at this point. Solaris, meanwhile, has thrived as a longstanding, primary Unix platform geared to enterprises. But with Linux the object of all the buzz in the industry, can Sun's rival Solaris Unix OS hang on, or is it destined to be displaced by Linux altogether?"

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  1. Re:Or else... by palegray.net · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Opensolaris is a great initiative, but is not ready for production use.

    So it's now ready for production use (in general) because your particular mission-critical product's manufacturer (specifically) doesn't support it? Huh?

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