Unix is a trademark of the OpenGroup, but it's not only a trademark. It's not enough to pay to use the words Unix.
One operating system must pass the certification process, and this will ensure that there're some features that you will find on all "Unix Operating Systems". This is very important, mainly if you have to deal with Unix from many different vendors.
Solaris is one of the best operating systems around. It has a strong TCP/IP stack with hundreds of options you can tune and an excelent kernel design... most of it's internals came from BSD.
At least they're not going to abandon solaris x86... I just don't understand why Sun prefered Linux... They could develop drivers for all the devices of the PCs they're going to sell. Since solaris x86 is free, the cost would be the same.
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Kevin, what would you like to say to this guys ? Thank you and welcome back !
me@myworkstation:/home/me> nslookup www.geourl.org /etc/hosts on: myworkstation
Using
looking up FILES
Trying DNS
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.geourl.org
Address: 127.0.0.1 ?
I think you are comparing Sun hardware SMP to linux x86 SMP
No, I'm not. I'm talking about Solaris x86 SMP, which appeared before Linux SMP, and with very good performance.
More so than Linux
Also, Solaris x86 supports SMP much better than any free OS available.
Think about this everytime a site gets slashdoted... :-)
What the hell is "brak" ?
... some humans have a lot of pigs genes, so why not ?
Who watches the watchman ?
Or... Why should I trust these certifications ?
You should see a lawyer now, tell him what happened and ask him what you can/should do.
Unix is a trademark of the OpenGroup, but it's not only a trademark. It's not enough to pay to use the words Unix.
One operating system must pass the certification process, and this will ensure that there're some features that you will find on all "Unix Operating Systems". This is very important, mainly if you have to deal with Unix from many different vendors.
The old SunOS was based on BSD. Solaris is based on an SVR4 core
SVR4=SunOS+SVR3+XENIX+BSD
But yes, Solaris had a new kernel... although, I don't believe they removed all the BSD code.
Solaris is one of the best operating systems around. It has a strong TCP/IP stack with hundreds of options you can tune and an excelent kernel design... most of it's internals came from BSD.
When does apple get wise and port to other hardware
Because it's the harmony between the hardware and the software that works so good on Apple.
Why ?... Doesn't sound good...
At least they're not going to abandon solaris x86... I just don't understand why Sun prefered Linux...
They could develop drivers for all the devices of the PCs they're going to sell. Since solaris x86 is free, the cost would be the same.
"Given the choice between dancing pigs and security people will choose dancing pigs every time."
There'll be many "nimdas" yet to come...
...see Indiana Jones more often !