[UFO Chicago] Seven ways Solaris can beat Linux

[Greg Groth]

On 1/27/2007 8:58 PM, Brian Sobolak wrote:
> 
> I cribbed this from a recent email newsletter I got and thought it was 
> interesting.
> 
> -- 
> At a recent Sun Microsystems press event, Sun execs talked up plans to
> market the company's Solaris Unix OS to startups and small-to-midsize
> businesses. "Open source is what [customers] want to go after," said
> Peder Ulander, Sun's vice president of software marketing. "It's not so
> much Linux. Linux just happens to embody open source."
> -->
> 
> That's an interesting question:  is your committment to open-source or 
> is it to Linux?  Would you consider using Solaris in place of Linux if 
> it were GPL?
> 
> Is there something about Linux beyond the GPL that makes it attractive?
> 
> brian
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I'd certainly give it a try.  Unfortunately my experiences with Linux 
have always been less than satisfactory.  No matter which distro I have 
chosen, there always seems to be some show stopper that throws a wrench 
into the works of getting it to do what I want it to do.  I would be 
willing to give Solaris a shot to see if my luck would improve.  As much 
as I support the GPL & Linux, I still have a larger priority of 
usability and maintenance.  Just my $.02, and worth the paper this is 
printed on.

Sorry I haven't been around lately.  Wife's new job has her working 
weeknights, and I have to play Mr. Mom M-F.  Hopefully I'll be able to 
show up again at some point.

Greg Groth