Solaris runs circles around Linux on my machines. I am running RedHat 6.0 on a 4 processor PPro 200/512 machine with 384MB memory and running Solaris 7 on a 2 processor PPro 200/256 machine with 128MB of memory and Solaris beats Linux by at least 25% in every benchmark that I have compared the two machines.
Solaris on Intel does not suck; it just doesn't have any applications to speak of.
Exactly right. Parameterized types, operator overloading, and multiple inheritance are all "features" of C++ that I am happy that have been left out of Java.
No support for multiple inheritance should not be viewed as a negative. The technique they employed of using interfaces instead of multiple inheritance is a much better solution.
Face it: C++ is a complete and total abortion, especially from an OO standpoint. If you look at it from a portability standpoint, it is even worse (one can't even link objects produced by different compiler vendors in many cases). The ANSI spec for C++ is bigger than ADA.
I think the chance of Sun dropping the Linux, Windows, and other versions of the application are almost nil. It would make absolutely no sense to do so since it is entirely likely that these platform potentially account for that majority of sales for this product. It is definately in Sun's best interest to provide cross platform alternatives to M$ Office and I am sure this was a major factor in their selection of StarOffice over other similar products.
I view this as good news, not only for the Linux community, but for the software industry as a whole. The big question however is whether Sun will be able to effectively market the product and do the work necessary to convince enough users that this is a viable alternative to M$ Office.
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Solaris on Intel does not suck; it just doesn't have any applications to speak of.
Face it: C++ is a complete and total abortion, especially from an OO standpoint. If you look at it from a portability standpoint, it is even worse (one can't even link objects produced by different compiler vendors in many cases). The ANSI spec for C++ is bigger than ADA.
I wonder who the real idiot is...
If you did not vote the Libertarian ticket, or did not vote at all, then yes, you did vote for it.
I think the chance of Sun dropping the Linux, Windows, and other versions of the application are almost nil. It would make absolutely no sense to do so since it is entirely likely that these platform potentially account for that majority of sales for this product. It is definately in Sun's best interest to provide cross platform alternatives to M$ Office and I am sure this was a major factor in their selection of StarOffice over other similar products.
I view this as good news, not only for the Linux community, but for the software industry as a whole. The big question however is whether Sun will be able to effectively market the product and do the work necessary to convince enough users that this is a viable alternative to M$ Office.