On Wed, 31 May 2006, Paul Gress wrote:
Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
Most of this paragraph was building up to a valid point, but the ending kind
of ruined it for me :) You talk about business needs, but suddenly all that
doesn't matter since Linux is hipper anyway. Is that what decision makers
are paid for these days? And I've heard the "you can't go wrong with IBM"
mantra, but it's the first time I hear of Linux as a safe bet. Not
possessing any real data I can't disagree here, but it sounds a bit
depressing.
While I agree this is true today, I believe Solaris will win in the long run.
What it has now, that Linux doesn't have, is a stable ABI. More commercial
software will be ported due to this fact.
I really wish this becomes true. Comparing what's available today and how
small ISVs react on a porting request for Solaris x86 rises some doubt for
me. You are really making a good point about the ABI and it causes a lot
of trouble but still too many people seem to be just blind or unwilling to
recognize
It appears in a reasonable amount of time Solaris will have most of the gnu
software running.
No doubt about that but two important features are hardware and small ISVs
if you talk business or education
Thomas
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