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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> OpenSolaris will be here for a year or two. And then Sun will realize no one cares about Solaris. Or expensive commodity hardware.
Dude, did even hear yourself talk? Fist off, there is no such thing as expensive commodity hardware, it is an oximoron. Second of all, Sun hardware nowdays is cheapest on the market, even cheaper than Dell's. Third, millions care about Solaris *a lot*. Remember Solaris is still a more deployed platform than any of the Linux distribution. Solaris 10 is already a hit and received accolades from pretty much every IT publication out there. Actually it seems like Solaris already reversed the tide on on both RedHat and M$. Solaris 10 is just too good not care, it is the absolute best OS on the market right now, both technically and as bang for the buck.
> You cannot take Solaris and do what you (or your company) wants to do with. For money.
What the hell does that mean? If you're talking about the money, then Solaris is a much better/cheaper alternative to pretty much any Linux distribution out there. Solaris is almost two times cheaper to lincense and support than RedHat or SuSE and a *whole* lot cheaper than Windows. Solaris is an absolute steal if you consider the value you get for the money (or no money for that matter).