Re: [Sheflug] Mad Hatter

[Jon Masters <jonathan [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, David Holden wrote:

> http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1024633.html

Noted and interesting news. However this only states that Sun
gained rights to use some System V code for the Intel Solaris port.
In this sense it does relate to the predominent use on SPARC.
Probably this was to help shove more Intel Solaris support out.

> From a Linux user point of view Sun is the other big company (along with 
> microsoft) that having given SCO a shed load of money to continue their FUD 
> campaign against linux.

I disagree with that sentiment here. Sun have given SCO money for
some IP however they are not singing from the same hymn sheet overall.

<snip Solaris on Intel mostly used by Solaris people>

> But that base is being eaten up by Linux and will increasingly be eaten up.

This is true in certain circumstances where switching is straightforward.
Some large customers will appreciate being able to standardise their OS.

> Where as HP and IBM have taken this on board Sun haven't.

Sun absolutely have to learn that GNU/Linux is not going anywhere.
Equally Solaris is unlikely to dissappear because it is backed by vender
liability and commerical support from a centrally controlled source.
Sometimes customers really do want these things Sun has to offer.

A Solaris system is basically unusable without gnutools anyway so it might
as well be called GNU/Solaris from my point of view. :-).

Cheers,

Jon.

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