[UFO Chicago] Solaris 10 vs. Linux: Get the Real TCO Facts (fwd)

[Jesse Becker]

--- On Fri, 3/27/09, Neil R. Ormos <ormos at ripco.com> wrote:
> Interestingly, at last night's meeting, the only
> feature mentioned for which end-user benefits were
> claimed was DTrace, and its proponent failed to
> offer a usable explanation of those benefits.
> Also DTrace is aparently no longer unique to
> Solaris.

ZFS should be included; it isn't only for datacenters (anything that helps prevent data loss/corruption is for everyone, even if it's not immediately obvious to the user.)

Also, dtrace on OSX is, so I've heard, lobotomized so you can't use it on some of Apple's software (such as iTunes).

I can say that Sun has never cared about the consumer market.  Putting "Solaris on the Desktop" has never been important outside of a commercial setting.

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Jesse Becker
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