would be a pity to see zfs  and dtrace dissappear - the linux guys can't
put into their kernel - need some space tourist to adopt opensolairs and
become it's SABDF ;)

Joe Data wrote:
> On Mar 19, 12:29 am, Steven Herod <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> Do you see the possibility that Solaris could supplant Linux in the
>> IBM suite?
>>     
>
> I don't know.  For all the talk by Sun about the fabulous Solaris
> uptake in the market, it sure doesn't make a lot of money: $42 million
> in the last quarter, -29% year-to-year.  And that number includes
> virtualization and management software (http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/
> investor/earnings_releases/Q209_SLD.pdf, slide 6).  Maybe IBM would
> support Solaris if there's money in it, but they don't really need
> another OS, they already have Linux.  The Register thinks IBM would
> just move the SPARC Solaris stuff to AIX using the emulating software
> it recently bought (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/19/
> ibm_sun_deal_comment/).
> >
>   


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