Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 14th Jun 2005 04:11 UTC
Sun Microsystems is expected to release Solaris as open-source software Tuesday, a centerpiece of the company's plan to regain lost relevance and fend of rivals Red Hat, IBM and Microsoft. 
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I'm happy to see it released, and I'm very curious to use it, but I wonder sometimes at the attitude of Sun. They've been talking about Open Solaris like the second coming, and it hasn't even been released yet.
Some (inside and outside of Sun) have been talking like there are tens of thousands of people who suffered under Linux, and will be freed of the penguin oppressor finally. I'm not so sure that's the case.
After all, with the over 1 million downloads of Solaris 10, Solaris hasn't exactly been a hit. Of course, that could change.
And Johnathan Schwartz... where to begin. The indignation and arrogance of his posts, chiding the feeble masses and press for not seeing his vision and how obvious his perception is, you'd think he was the president of a super sucessful company, instead of one that has been in steady decline.
I still don't count Sun out. Boastfulness aside, they do have a spiffy OS and technology, and they don't get enough credit for the things they've done right (of course, they've done a few things wrong).
We shall see. At least it's good drama!