Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 15th Jul 2008 19:48 UTC, submitted by Michael Larabel
While OpenSolaris 2008.05 is only two months old, work at Sun is already underway in preparing for the second OpenSolaris release, which will be known as OpenSolaris 2008.11 and has been codenamed Jericho.
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Member since:2005-07-06
It is nice to see the Solaris desktop coming along. We (meaning the Linux Guys, NetBSD Guys, Solaris Guys) are strong together. Solaris is, without a doubt, strong on the server. Die hards like Kawai (perhaps not the best choice of terms) also have faith in Solaris' desktop possibilities.
Not a die-hard any more
I've got an iMac and MacBook - I put down the crack pipe of broken promises and realised that Solaris/Linux/etc will never be ready for me. I'm sure Solaris is great as a server, but I don't think it'll ever make that giant leap from the server to the desktop until such time that someone takes decisive leadership over the direction of the project.
Member since:2005-07-24
I put down the crack pipe of broken promises and realised that Solaris/Linux/etc will never be ready for me. I'm sure Solaris is great as a server, but I don't think it'll ever make that giant leap from the server to the desktop until such...
I'm not sure it has to. Newbie friendliness and familiarity are important on the server, too. And that does not mean that Solaris has to be a winner on the desktop. Project Indiana and OpenSolaris are quite worthy. (As you likely know, I'm a Linux guy.)
I wish you joy with your Apples. But I would counsel patience regarding Free unix on the desktop. I can't imagine using anything else, myself. And I've been monitoring the steady progress over the last 12 years or so. But YMMV. Stay tuned. And I didn't really need to tell you that, did I? :-)
Edited 2008-07-16 04:32 UTC
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2005-07-24
It is nice to see the Solaris desktop coming along. We (meaning the Linux Guys, NetBSD Guys, Solaris Guys) are strong together. Solaris is, without a doubt, strong on the server. Die hards like Kawai (perhaps not the best choice of terms) also have faith in Solaris' desktop possibilities.
I salute you (and us) all.
Linux, *BSD and Solaris all excel and suck in significant areas. Maybe we can all come up with a way to excel and suck in such a way as to complement one another more efficiently?
Edited 2008-07-15 22:33 UTC