What does the micro/monolithic kernel naming scheme even mean? On 2/25/11, Neil Laubenthal <[email protected]> wrote: > I was lumping Solaris and Free BSD into the whole "Red Hat" idea . . .while > I realize they're different animals you can really lump all of them into a > general category of *nix . . .given the fact that they might want to have > used servers with many processors in the past then using Solaris or some > other unix OS is more likely. I was just glossing over the differences > between the various flavors so we didn't descend into a discussion about > micro vs monolithic kernels and the best kind of *nix to run . . .because > although those may be worthwhile debates they're beyond the scope of the > current discussion. > > I guess it's just a matter of . . .do they want to use MacOS for their > servers . . .or do they want to have the most efficient and powerful server > farm they can get; which may be something else. > > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 2:21 PM, objectwerks inc wrote: > >> I am more likely thinking Solaris as that is what they have used in the >> past (and probably still are using). Oracle has screwed it up but there >> are Solaris offshoots that allow them to keep their own destiny. Apple >> has lots of Solaris expertise I would think. I severely doubt they would >> use any sort of Linux. If any sort of "free" OS I would expect a Solaris >> offshoot or FreeBSD, with the Solaris ranking up there as my first choice. >> Virtualized OS X is also a good possibility. >> > > > ----------------------------------------------- > There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking > stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. > > neil > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-admin mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin >
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