It seems that the two companies are in the arm race as far as multicore developer tools are concerned.
Sun released Sun Studio 12 yesterday and the buzz around release seems to be very
similar. It also seem that Sun Studio 12 is a nicer integrated package overall with not just the compilers
but a bunch of tools and a pretty convincing IDE.
I don't think a lot of folks around here realize
that the original article from the Register is
actually a disservice for Sun. Think about it -- the fact that they are making more and more of their
core software not only available on Linux, but
also available for free (as in beer) to me looks
like they have finally started to take it seriously and they are trying to deversify. Just recently
they've announced the
Technology Preview programm for
their compilers on Linux which will let
Linux developers get an access to something
that really blows gcc and even commercial
compiler vendors out of the water. In short,
I don't really think Sun wants to kill Linux
with Solaris, but rather try to cash-in on both.
Which, if executed correctly, might have a good
chance for success.
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It seems that the two companies are in the arm race as far as multicore developer tools are concerned. Sun released Sun Studio 12 yesterday and the buzz around release seems to be very similar. It also seem that Sun Studio 12 is a nicer integrated package overall with not just the compilers but a bunch of tools and a pretty convincing IDE.
I don't think a lot of folks around here realize that the original article from the Register is actually a disservice for Sun. Think about it -- the fact that they are making more and more of their core software not only available on Linux, but also available for free (as in beer) to me looks like they have finally started to take it seriously and they are trying to deversify. Just recently they've announced the Technology Preview programm for their compilers on Linux which will let Linux developers get an access to something that really blows gcc and even commercial compiler vendors out of the water. In short, I don't really think Sun wants to kill Linux with Solaris, but rather try to cash-in on both. Which, if executed correctly, might have a good chance for success.