> By that logic, i386 systems should always run MS-Windows, right? nope, because x86 hw is from various vendors and it's almost likely that they write the drivers (for newer hardware) not ms. especially if it is very specific hardware as for example a sun netra would be. the x86 is a very special case. because you can combine almost everything into such system and no 1 will ever figure out the combinations possible. with sun, you'd better use certified hw to plug into your server. that's a very difference. and this hw is certified with the hw the server already runs with and the solaris OS. that's a very good reason to stay with it. yes, ms does not run on that platform but if it would, i guess they would let sun write at least the drivers... (if they would like to) no i don't like ms... don't even think about it... and what's with support? if you use the servers in a production environment, i guess you'd like to have support for the OS as well, not just for the hardware...
> I run OpenBSD on Sparc and Sparc64 hardware because I prefer the > security and performance and features of OpenBSD over Solaris, but > want the reliability, PROM, LOM, and serial console features of Sparc > hardware. Plus my employer has policies in place that make it very > difficult to purchase any server that doesn't say either "Dell" or "Sun". for dell i'd choose obsd as well... but not for sun. theres trusted solaris and very good sec-features starting from sol9. also, i figured out that machine specific tools from the solaris os are not even planned under obsd. furthermore for security, i guess it's always good 2 have a mix of hardware and os's. > At home, I run OpenBSD on older Sparcstation (ss5,ss20,etc) gear > for similar reasons, and because you can't get Solaris for these boxes > anymore, but they give acceptable performance for simple server tasks > after installing OpenBSD. > For three years all my personal email was delivered to a tiny little > SparcStation IPX "pizzabox". By "for three years", I mean I installed > OpenBSD and qmail once, turned off all the services I had no use for, > and never touched the machine again except via POP3. same story with me, except i use a netra v120 and solaris ;-) anyway, i just wondered and still wonder... i use solaris since 5 years now, and openbsd for 2 years, and both of them are a good choice. and... it's always good to have a choice! br, mdff...
