Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 9th May 2007 21:46 UTC
In an effort to spur adoption of Solaris, Sun has begun a project code-named Indiana to try to give its operating system some of the trappings of Linux. The project is one of the items on the to-do list of Ian Murdock, founder of the Debian version of Linux and, as of March, Sun's chief operating systems officer. Though he wouldn't confirm the name of the project, Murdock - who's from Indiana - discussed the project's essence at the JavaOne conference here Monday, and Sun spokesman Russ Castronovo confirmed the name.
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2005-08-14
Software from Sun:
Java
Solaris
StarOffice
Software from Linux/GNU:
Python
Gnome - KDE
Kernel 2.6 ported to all arch's
(KOffice - to be)
Synaptic - Aptitude
There is a reason why they would like it to be more like Linux.
And it's self explanatory.
Why would one change to Solaris ? Just because it's Solaris ? Sure, if you are on a supercomputer network but that's (about) a niche of the market.
(Supercomputer sites powered by Sun systems represent 30 percent of the top 50 sites in the category)
http://www.gridtoday.com/02/0617/100028.html
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Linux and Solaris are cousins that stem from the same Unix heritage, if not from the same source code. <But Linux fans simply have a hard time trying Solaris, Murdock said Tuesday.
Don't blame the site ! - blame the Sun Representative (Mr. Murdock)