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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:Not all the best features are technical by synthespian · · Score: 0, Troll

    Bullshit. It's not the license. It's the huge PR machine behind it. IBM and all big boys supporting Linux are really selling hardware and are using Linux to commoditize enteprise software. If anything, the GPL scares people away as it is hostile to small software houses. Now, look at the Windows software ecosystem with its myriad software houses. Are you enlightened now?

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  2. Re:Of course by Francis85 · · Score: 1, Troll

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