Rich Teer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Shawn Walker wrote:
>
> > Not only that, the kernel maintainers are actively removing any
> > interfaces that they perceive as only benefiting binary drivers.
>
> If that really is the case (and I don't doubt you), how long will
> it be before commercial SW developers look at their spiraling Linux
> maintenance costs, and decide that Linux is no longer a cost-effective
> platform for them to support, and look towards somehing like Solaris
> where binary compaibility and mixing of licensing is not only allowed,
> it is almost (in the case of the former) a religion?
>
> With less commercial SW, Linux will slowly fade and Solaris will retake
> the datacentre. Well, that's my $0.02...
Do not expect that to happen within the next 15 months...
Linux users are very conservative... it takes a long time to convince them
that something did change.
If there is the right kind of of advertisement and if OpenSolaris slowly
but steady reestablishes, I see a good chance.
Jörg
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