> There is no direct, visible commercial benefit for > oracle to try to > displace ubuntu in the desktop market. There is > however a drawback > for Oracle's commercial success in case that Solaris > is no longer viable > on the desktop. > > > Jörg >
Heartily agreed! But I am also looking at this seemingly nonsensical issue (i.e., Solaris laptops) from a very different perspective. Microsoft had Bill Gates (and Apple has Steve Jobs), but the table has finally turned. Now Solaris/OpenSolaris has Larry (Ellison), this will be the best farking marketing tool anyone could EVER imagine to have (especially now that everyone is becoming so concerned about cyber security--please see this week's cover issue of Economist). OTOH, OpenSolaris/OpenOffice.org may be the final puzzle piece that Larry has always been looking for in terms of expanding his legacy. As our good friend Mika (Borner) reported from Switzerland (summarizing his conversations with Dan Roberts, Director of Solaris Product Management), Larry might have already taken a personal interest in OpenSolaris (my interpretation), and this might have been the reason why nobody at Oracle dares to say anything about OpenSolaris (again, my own interpretation). Of course, Mika never exactly said any of these, and I have taken the liberty of completely twisting his words. His brief report can be found at: http://opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?threadID=131530&tstart=0 But seriously, "what Larry wants?" may turn out to be an important question we should constantly ask ourselves. Not because he is Oracle's CEO (doing so will be, understandably, extremely stupid), but because he represents the best imaginary target customer. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
