On Sat, 2007-08-04 at 07:29 -0700, Sivasubramanian Muthusamy wrote:
> > To the powers that be,
> > 
> > Why not?
> > 
> > I assume it is the lack of resources, but then isnt this market
> worth the investment?
> > 
> > Anil
> > 
> > PS : Mac OSX, now offcially a Unix, has shown that one can be
> adapted for the avg Joe User.
> 
> I don't think it is the lack of resources, it is just that Sun's
> direction has so far been on bigger and more powerful systems for
> mission critical and large networks and it has done so well on that. I
> think Sun will now take a serious look ....  And yes, Solaris can
> easily be "scaled down", carefully, without compromising on its
> inhererent robustness, to that of the average user.

Not true. You'll see Sun aim it at corporate desktops as part of a
larger package - a deal on the basis of Solaris server, Solaris desktop
etc. etc.

Ultimately it'll be the corporate desktop that will dictate what people
run at home; what people run at work, they'll eventually run at home.

Matthew

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