On Mar 19, 2007, at 11:53 AM, Ian Murdock wrote:
Hi all,
It's being announced today that I'm joining Sun as chief operating
platforms officer, which basically means I'll be in charge of Sun's
operating system strategy, spanning Solaris and Linux. I just
posted the
announcement on my blog (http://ianmurdock.com/2007/03/19/joining-
sun/),
and it'll likely be making the rounds soon. Just wanted to
make sure you heard the news directly from me and to introduce myself.
Hi, Ian, welcome to the community!
You laid out a general outline of what you'll be doing at Sun,
however as a matter of curiosity, I'm wondering what really compelled
you to take this position at Sun given that your background is
decidedly light-weight vis-à-vis Solaris. In your blog entry, you
talk about hoping to impart more usability in Solaris, but that is a
broad subject and can mean anything (or everything, as the case might
be.)
I'm confused by the continued balancing act Sun is playing regarding
its stance towards Linux in relation to its own Solaris product. For
example, IBM make comparatively more sense regarding its positioning
of Linux and its own AIX - Linux being defined as IBM's small/
commodity platform OS and AIX having a defined role on IBM's mid-to-
high end POWER-based platforms which are not commodity. There's a
decently defined role for each.
Sun and Solaris are different, though, where Solaris is at home at
virtually all price points. This is where my confusion lays. Why is
Sun still trying to play the Linux benefactor role (outside of
certifying its hardware for, eg: RHEL and the like) when Solaris has
become able to play consistently from the low-end fields all the way
up to the top?
I'm not trying to be combative... just genuinely curious. Good luck
settling in to your new digs!
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