Re:Sun would be remiss to adopt linux
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Most Sun customers don't appear to be fazed by the fact the Solaris isn't free or even cheap.
Thats completely true. When I have to buy a Sun with 2 processors, each priced at around 40.000 Deutschmarks, where is the point in Linux/Sparc being free?
And I dont buy this machine because it gets me off, but because my employer wants to have a service running which just isnt done with Intel platforms. Would I have to buy (or more likely, rent) a S/390 from IBM, I wouldnt even try if I could install Linux on it.
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Thats completely true. When I have to buy a Sun with 2 processors, each priced at around 40.000 Deutschmarks, where is the point in Linux/Sparc being free?
And I dont buy this machine because it gets me off, but because my employer wants to have a service running which just isnt done with Intel platforms. Would I have to buy (or more likely, rent) a S/390 from IBM, I wouldnt even try if I could install Linux on it.
Its the service that counts, not the OS!