Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 26th May 2003 23:36 UTC
Linux only has a small percentage of the computing market, however Microsoft already considers it a major competition as the open source OS steals the hearts of many users. Following the hard numbers though, Microsoft also increases its market share on both server and desktop space with time. The only logical explanation is that Linux steals quite a market share from the traditional UNIX providers (SCO, Sun, SGI, HP, IBM). But only Sun seems to truly be in a real Linux trouble, as it is the one with a resistance to Linux integration to its full product range.
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Interestingly, Linux users seesm to love to badmouth Sun. This is somewhat ironic because Sun was behind some of important aspects of the GNOME desktop.
... and look what's happened to gn0me. It's the biggest joke ever. Especially Gnome 2.0. Is gnome a CDE replacement? Nope.
While solaris does have its technical merits, and Sun have contributed quite a bit to the OS community. If they keep on doing what the do, that is, bash M$ and little else - they're goin' down, while Linux is catching up.