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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:PC-BSD anyone? by Shaman · · Score: -1, Troll

    Actually there are quite a few features found in Linux not found in FreeBSD or PC-BSD. Like write access to NTFS, inotify, many journalled file systems, user-space FS, multiple kernel virtualization methods and client optimizations, stable LVM, et al

    And how about those forklift upgrades that FreeBSD seems to love... no "apt-get dist-upgrade" foolishness for BSD. Oh no... it's time to format!

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    ...Steve
  2. Die Solaris!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Die Solaris Die!!!!

    Sorry, that was a little animated, but it gets the point across.

  3. Re:Not all the best features are technical by Shaman · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, you're basically a Solaris fanboi. Got it.

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    ...Steve
  4. Re:Unification by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ebuilds FTW!

  5. 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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    Main difference between the BSD license and the GPL license: one is from California and the other is from Massachusetts
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