Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 7th Feb 2006 18:32 UTC
"If you are about to take the plunge into converting from Solaris to Linux, or just want to see how easy it is to make the change, then take a look at this well written Solaris-To-Linux Migration technical roadmap. It gives you everything you need to get the job done the right way, the first time, and will eliminate all the quirks and gotch-yas that come with operating system migrations."
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RE[2]: Interesting how these articles all come from IBM.
by snozzberry on Tue 7th Feb 2006 22:08
in reply to "RE: Interesting how these articles all come from IBM."
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Cynics usually take the POV that IBM's main interest in Linux is as a tar baby: Paint Solaris as a proprietary OS which ties you to Sun for life, compared to an open source OS that runs on cheaper hardware with a bright, shiny future.
After the migration, when the cracks in the system start to appear, put on your superhero suit and start offering service contracts to manage all these problems.
http://www.softpanorama.org/Articles/solaris_vs_linux.shtml
The author cedes ground to Linux and the BSD variants where they are superior, but does his homework on the technical differences arising from Sun controlling the OS and the hardware (sounds oddly familiar, doesn't it).
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2006-01-26
Yes, that is very true. Every study I have seen on migrating from Solaris to Linux was either done by IBM directly or funded by IBM. In fact, I'd love to see a real comparision of RHEL 4 and Solaris 10 by a truly independent source.
In fact, now that the Solaris source code is available, one could really do an in-depth analysis/comparison of the two...