Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 28th Feb 2006 18:17 UTC, submitted by Linuxfanboy
"Sun has purportedly gone out of its way to draw Linux developers to its hardware platform. Analysts even say that Sun has finally made peace with Linux. But if you look at their web site they appear to have a different story to tell as they attempt to build community support for Solaris10. Frankly, we believe Linux beats Sun in so many categories that we don't even have a race. While Sun wants you to 'get the facts' we notice that they persist in comparing Solaris10 to Red Hat's enterprise model. But that's not the only Linux out there."
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Member since:2005-07-08
No I don't have significant access to Solaris' source code, that was supposition on my part. I still do not see the advantage of Linux running on a number of devices and how that would make it beter than Solaris. It just means that the Linux crowd can have any number of devices running Linux, big deal. I would much rather have Sun spend their development time making Solaris a better OS on SPARC and x86 platforms.
If Linux distro companies want to slug it out with Microsoft over the embedded market, let them.
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And that makes Linux better than Solaris how?
It runs on a lot more specialized devices better suited for more tasks.
I suppose if Sun wanted to take the time to port Solaris to embedded devices they could, and what would be the point of that?
Probably not much, they would have to compete against better suited products in a narrow market. By saying they could you are assuming a lot about something you've never seen unless you also happen to be working for Sun with code access.
Solaris works just fine on the hardware I use everyday, both SPARC and x86. I do not see the ability of Linux running on a number of devices as an advantage over any other operating system.
That answers itself. I can have servers, web pads, shopping carts, scales, TV/multimedia players, car, workstation, stove, mp3 and pda all completely homogenous. Still don't see it? MS does.