Just in case people thought they had everything figured out and everything was in it's place, Sun comes out with a completely different view.
Sun Microsystem's Executive Vice-President for Software Development, Jonathon Schwartz, told an eWeek correspondant that Linux belonged on the desktop and that "We do not believe that Linux plays a role on the server. Period." Although exactly the reverse of conventional industry wisdom, Schwartz's comments are not suprising since it is in Sun's best interest to sell Solaris for servers, not Linux. Stir in the fact that Sun has just publicly launched it's new 'Madhatter' desktop, which is a hybrid offering of Linux components such as Gnome, with more traditional Solaris bits. Eh, Voila! There is no doubt that Solaris is still a better OS for high-end enterprise class (and higher) servers. But to say that Linux plays a role on servers seems to be a bit rhetorical. Check it out here: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1274642,00.asp -- burns _______________________________________________ General mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/general
