On 8/4/06, Mika Borner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
IBM just doesn't get it... I have worked with both AIX and Solaris. But
having access to the source code, has saved my a** many times. Not to
forget, that with following what's happening in OpenSolaris, I know what
happens in Solaris in the next months/years. Based on this information,
I can already plan my IT's near future... and that is what I call the
most interesting thing to do as a system engineer.
When was the last time IBM did something interesting with AIX? When was
their last AIX product anouncement, where is their roadmap and what is
their vision?
How do you announce new products or improvements for an OS that they
can not even legally sell, thanks to the SCO lawsuit?
http://news.com.com/Firing+up+IBMs+Unix+business/2008-1010_3-6101559.html
"Do you ever consider open-sourcing AIX the way Sun is open-sourcing
Solaris?
See above, and they would basicly need to buy SCO to get a clean bill
of health for AIX if they did opensource, and who knows who else IBM
licensed code from?
Mauri: No, we're not. I think that OpenSolaris is a little bit of a
game Sun is playing to try to get good PR. But I don't think it's in the
spirit of true open source.
If that is there opinion, IBM has played the game as well, with Linux.
James Dickens
uadmin.blogspot.com
We have been very happy to get directly involved and contribute to
Linux and Apache and the Eclipse Foundation. with We're not going to
open-source AIX. It's best run on the current model, where we have the
expertise. We enhance it. We work closely with our customers to listen
to their requirements. But in the end, it's best that we control that
source code."
Also interesting what they say about the Niagara Chip:
"Sun managed to turn things around a little bit recently and gain some
market share at IBM's expense, and I noted also during their second
quarter of 2006, Sun sold $100 million worth of their UltraSparc T1
"Niagara"-based servers. Do you see Sun as a resurgent threat?
Mauri: After 10 straight quarters of decline, I guess their compare
(comparison with year-earlier results) has got easy enough that they
were going to bounce back a little bit. I have seen what they have done
with their Niagara Servers and their Galaxy Servers, but I think they
are still struggling. They did make some of those Niagara sales in their
installed base."
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