On Jan 16, 2008 4:50 PM, andrelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Jan 16, 2008 2:35 PM, Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > link: > > http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/apwire/59cba80cc5bdc752d560fa9ae3ec2834.htm > > > > Sun stocks ( http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:JAVA) are up!
IMO, Java is Sun money maker not its hardware products. There is no mid-range servers that can be deployed without Java regardless of its manufacturers. > > One thing i noticed about Jonathan's blog: > http://blogs.sun.com/jonathan/entry/winds_of_change_are_blowing > > Jonathan is targeting the M in LAMP. SUN is probably targeting now the > A(Apache) and the P(PHP) leaving only the L! This is good for mysql. I > know one bank where they replaced a working mysql with oracle DB just > because it's not "supported". PCI, SOX and other compliances could be a primary reason here. One paranoia I have seen is storing banking and credit information in MySql or even Postgres. > > The only concern is that the SUN's emerging dominance, clout and > offering end to end support services from hardware+OS+application on > the open source world is going to make Linux naturally irrelevant in > the enterprise market. Perception matters in this market. I have seen a lot of migration (nda here...) from Solaris to Linux or Solaris to AIX. While this is happening AIX introduced Workload Partition or WPAR on AIX 6.0 which is similar to Solaris Zone. One of my colleague describe Sun as a very software company. > > One Linux vendor that can jostle (I'm looking at Redhat) and command a > presence in the Open Source world looks like it's dropping > opportunities like falling balls or flies, whichever you prefer. > > Don't get me wrong with Redhat, Have a friend in Toronto Stock > Exchange, and they are deploying(I think it's already even live now.) > RedHat/HP Blades to be used in their Trading Systems called Quantum > System. That's a big one. Just imagine how many blades needed to build the clouds. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
