I have to agree with Kevin, whole-heartedly. I've seen this situation play out over and over, specifically with trying to get someone with (applicable) Linux experience. Solaris experience is even more rare. One thing that I do lover about Solaris, however, is the ZFS filesystem. That rocks, but it still isn't enough to convince me to move away from Linux.
Chris On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Kevin Hart <bowl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well the way I see it.... > > Both are the same ;) But where are you going to find Solaris admin's if > you had to replace someone? Linux admins are already hard enough to find. > Its like my boss loves HP-UX, but if you had to hire someone, could you name > more than 2 people that aren't already happily employed. Same with > Solaris. Sure you can get most linux admin's and have them swtich in and > learn how to work it no problem, but how do you explain that to the > CIO/CFO/CTO and them not say...."just get someone with RedHat Certification > and switch to Redhat cause we can hire them". > > Sometimes its not always what works best, but what is easier to support. > > Like for small office of 20-30 people....easier to outsource someone to run > your windows servers, than to setup some linux install > > in Telecom, its still very much big iron/sun/old stuff. But if the place > isnt entrenched in their systems, its changing away. > > -- > -Kevin > > "You can't turn a pig into a thoroughbred, > but if you spend enough time and money, > you sure can make a mighty fast pig" > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Brian <brian.schna...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Ok..I'm ready to start a war :-) haha >> A buddy of mine who works for a communications co. says that Solaris >> is way more stable for mission critical servers than linux. What do >> you guys think? Would any of you implement Solaris/openSolaris over >> Linux in certain situations? and if so why? >> -Brian >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
