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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I agree, I personally can't see anyone installing Linux on a beautiful Starfire. Solaris has the most scalable kernel in the operating system market, the only one that comes even a close second is HP-UX.
Solaris is improving and from what I have heard, Solaris 10 will be a ripper of an operating system. Yes, Java has its issues just like .NET, and sure, I hear Slowaris jokes and heck, I even know a couple of SUN engineers in New Zealand who called it that, however, as they said to me, once up and running it is a little speed demon. Solaris only got that nasty reputation for its slow booting. IMHO, I haven't come across it any way. Maybe my expectations are lower than some peoples?
As for the over all progress of SUN, I've had a look at their balance sheet and if you take off the one offs, they've made a decent profit for the 9months ending March 2003 with software and services growing. As for the outlook, anyone who thinks that SUN will reach the dizzy hights of the dot-com boom, sorry to let you down, they will never achieve that sort of growth. I could see however, the UNIX market grow in the next 7 years to clost to $22-$23billion, however, anyone assuming that there will be the same growth rate as before, well, prepared to be disappointed.