Post #229,193
10/11/05 7:28:20 PM
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thanx
I have been told the linux application environment is available now. Certain open source programs I am interested in are supported by Sun directly and would be covered under our current contract. Different Instruction set and endian is important for porting but not important to me as I will be using open source x86 products almost entirely. The speed advantage with the Solaris UFS Vs other x86 file systems is important. There is a belief that Sun is betting the farm on Solarix x86 and will continue to do so. I have seen that quote before. thanx bill
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Post #229,195
10/11/05 7:32:04 PM
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Who told you?
I'd love to get my hands on LAE now. It would solve at least one of my big headaches with Solaris x86.
Anything you can compile is likely to be just fine.
Regards,
-scott anderson
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Post #229,197
10/11/05 7:33:16 PM
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let me sniff around tomorrow
"the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli
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Post #229,198
10/11/05 7:34:45 PM
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Thanks.
Finding anything about it online is so far defeating my Google-fu. I've only been able to find press releases and statements that it is delayed.
Regards,
-scott anderson
"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
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Post #229,233
10/11/05 11:00:39 PM
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we have sun paid evangelists onsite :-)
"the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli
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Post #229,204
10/11/05 7:54:35 PM
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Sun may be betting the farm on it...
But if so, then I'm betting that they'll get buried in that farm.
Cheers, Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
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Post #229,207
10/11/05 8:38:40 PM
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Agreed
Given their installed based, they will be around for a long time. But they will fall, just like the rest of the big Unix vendors.
Given the choice between being locked in to a single vendor, and the illusion of multiple Linux vendors, it is a no brainer for a CTO to choose Linux on x86 over Solaris on x86.
The Sun techs might be unhappy, but imagine if they are give the choice: Linux or Windows?
They will fully support the Linux in that scenario.
Well, maybe not fully, maybe there will be problems, but they will play the hero and save the day, if they have a possible windows migration hanging over their heads.
If they are already a Sun shop, I'll bet they still dabble in Linux for education and edge / compute / samba boxes.
Which gives them choices in the future. Single vendor lockin is the ultimate sin for a CTO.
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Post #229,234
10/11/05 11:03:40 PM
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sure but if solaris is opensource?
and you have the large installed base of solaris knowledgable programmers that can now get all the dev tools free? with a rock solid hardware support base, it may be tuck and go but better than betting on sparc. thanx, bill
"the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli
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Post #229,238
10/11/05 11:33:25 PM
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Won't matter
Groundswell is Linux. Paid programmers who contribute do Linux. All the other vendors (HP, IBM, etc) will contribute to Linux, not Solaris.
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